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DEEPAK K UPRETI n NEW DELHI o BJP chooses Rita Bahuguna for Allahabad, State BJP president oted film actor of yester- Mahendra Nath Pandey for Chandauli, Jagdambika Pal for income promise Nyear and former MP Jaya Doomariyaganj Lok Sabha seats Prada joined the BJP on o The ninth list, which has 29 candidates from Uttar Pradesh (and 10 PNS n VARANASI “It is only after Narendra Tuesday and will take on from West Bengal) repeats many of the sitting MPs Modi became the Prime Samajwadi Party’s Muslim face o Maneka has been shifted to Sultanpur from her current constituency aking a scathing attack Minister, the poor got hous- Azam Khan in Rampur, while of Pilibhit, while her son, Varun Gandhi will fight from Pilibhit Mon Rahul Gandhi for es, minimum support prices Maneka Gandhi and her son, his big poll promise that 20 of crops were increased and Varun Gandhi, swapped their per cent families belonging to farmers started getting ` seats of Pilibhit and Sultanpur the poorest of poor category 6,000 in their bank accounts. as per the ninth list of the BJP will be given `72,000 each Congress leaders remained released on Tuesday. BJP asked me annually, Chief Minister Yogi insensitive to the poor and Union Minister Manoj Adityanath on Tuesday asked farmers, and also failed in Sinha has been fielded from Ghazipur, Rita Bahuguna from Allahabad, State BJP president not to contest Mahendra Nath Pandey from Chandauli, and Jagdambika Pal from Doomariyaganj. LS polls: Joshi BJP’s ninth list which has 29 candidates from Uttar Pradesh (and 10 from West Bengal) PNS n LUCKNOW repeats many of the current MPs, including BJP’s Kisan eteran BJP leader Murli Morcha head Virendra Singh VManohar Joshi on Tuesday Mast (Ballia), Harish Dwivedi said he has been asked by the (Basti), Kirtwardhan Singh party not to contest the polls. (Gonda), Pankaj Choudhary Within hours, BJP nominated (Maharganj), Vijay Dube Khadi and Gramodyog (Kushinagar), Kamleshwar Minister in Yogi Government Paswan (Bansgaon SC), Satyadeo Pachauri from Joshi’s Ravindra Kushwaha Kanpur seat. (Salempur), Sadhvi Niranjan Veteran actor and former MP Jaya Prada touches the floor before stepping on the dais as she arrives to join the BJP, ahead of In a statement, Joshi said Jyoti (Fatehpur), Lallu Singh the Lok Sabha elections, in New Delhi, on Tuesday PTI the party general secretary (Faizabad), Daddan Mishra (organisation) Ram Lal has (Shawasti), and Brijbhushan Rampur has the highest Rajya Sabha member Amar political journey with the TDP asked him not to contest the LS ly embarrassed the Union Sharan Singh (Kaiserganj). concentration of Muslims in Singh, who was expelled from and was its Rajya Sabha mem- poll. The statement was Government. The Rampur contest has entire UP. Muslims are over 50 the SP and has since come close ber before joining the SP and released for the voters of Earlier, another senior the potential to be bitter and per cent of the total voters in to the BJP. being elected to Lok Sabha Kanpur, from where Joshi had party leader from UP Kalraj Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being garlanded at BJP’s Vijay Sankalp Rally in intense since both Jaya Prada the constituency. Riding the Lauding Prime Minister from Rampur, Jaya Prada told won in 2014 by getting 57 per Mishra had announced not to Varanasi on Tuesday Pioneer and Azam Khan arch rivals. Modi wave, BJP’s Nepal Singh Narendra Modi, Jaya Prada reporters that joining the BJP is cent of the vote. contest the elections from his Jaya Prada had at one time had won from there in 2014. described him as a “brave” a “significant” moment in her Joshi heads Parliament’s Deoria seat. the Congress president as to launching welfare schemes accused Khan of circulating A two-term Lok Sabha leader in whose hands the coun- life and she would now work Estimates Committee and Later in the day, the BJP why the party failed in taking for them. That was why farm- scurrilous video purportedly member from the SP, Jaya try is “safe”. dedicatedly for the saffron party. some of its observations, released the list declaring even a single initiative for the ers committed suicide during featuring her in Rampur. Prada is a close associate of Noting that she started her Continued on Page 7 including on jobs, the GDP and Pachauri as party’s candidate poor between 2004 and 2014. their regime. Former PM non-performing assets, recent- from Kanpur Kicking off the BJP poll Rajiv Gandhi was hapless Defending the party’s deci- campaign in the parliamen- and he had to say that only 10 sion of denying ticket to Joshi, tary constituency of Prime per cent amount meant for Sheila plans Aay Pe Charcha to UP Minister Sidharthanath Minister Narendra Modi, the welfare schemes reached Singh said, “He is our founder CM addressed Vijay Sankalp actual beneficiaries, but Modi member and the party respects Rally at Cutting Memorial is not helpless and he has him in the team of mardarshak College in Nadesar and came given health cover of ` 5 lakh take Nyay to Delhiites’ doors mandal. It is an internal mat- down heavily on Rahul to the poor, the UP chief ter of the party.” Gandhi minister said.

CHANDAN PRAKASH n NEW DELHI Chowkidar pure hai, dobara Ravi Shankar n its bid to have a direct Iinteraction with the voters in national Capital for Lok Sabha shown black polls, Delhi Congress headed PM banna sure hai: Rajnath by Sheila Dikshit has planned flags by RK to launch “Aay Pe Charcha” STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI (discussion on income) from April 1 to generate awareness howkidar chor nahi, chowki- Sinha loyalists among people about benefits of Cdar pure hai. Chowkidar ka the “historic” minimum dobara PM banna sure hai. PTI n PATNA income guarantee scheme’ Desh ki samasyaon ka wo hi cure announced by party president hai. (Watchman is not a thief, n his first visit to the city Rahul Gandhi on Monday. but he is pure. Watchman is all Oafter being declared the Terming the Nyuntam Aay set to become PM again. He is BJP candidate from Patna Yojana (Nyay) announcement cure to country’s problems), Sahib, Union Minister Ravi as an “extraordinary step”, Sheila said Union Home Minister Raj Shankar Prasad was on said this is the biggest scheme Nath Singh while addressing an Tuesday shown black flags by announced ever for the poor election rally titled “Vijay supporters of RK Sinha, a Rajya after the highly successful Sankalp Sabha” in Delhi’s Sabha MP, leading to a clash MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi Yamuna Vihar on Tuesday. with party workers who had National Rural Employment Singh’s response was aimed gathered at the airport to wel- Guarantee Act). Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Sheila Dikshit during a Press conference at DPCC office in New Delhi on at blunting the often repeated come Prasad. “This stupendous scheme Tuesday Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer allegations of Congress presi- RK Sinha was hopeful of will benefit the people below dent Rahul Gandhi BJP ticket for the seat. Prasad the poverty line in the country. Government which has coined Government in the country. economy of the country and it “Chowkidar chor hai” to hit out drove away while telling the It is the first time that such a “hollow” slogans such as “The formalities (of the would not be practical to at the Prime Minister over media, “I thank my party for step has been taken in the “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” scheme) will be worked out implement the scheme, Sheila alleged corruption in the Rafale considering me for this great world,” said Sheila, adding that and “Achchhe Din” seems to be after Congress forms the said, “The party has taken all deal. Attacking the Congress responsibility. I will it will empower the poorest in rattled by the announcement. Government and implements possibilities into consideration for levelling false allegations of be giving my best shot. Good the country. Sheila said the Congress it,” she said. for the successful implementa- corruption on Modi regarding governance will help Hitting out at the Bharatiya will implement the scheme for Brushing aside accusations tion of the scheme, it would be the Rafale deal, Singh asked, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh being felicitated by Delhi BJP chief Manoj Narendra Modi return Janta Party (BJP), Sheila said it five crore poor families in the of the BJP that the scheme will implemented without delay”. “For whom will our Prime Tiwari after the inauguration of BJP North-East District office in New Delhi on to power.” is strange that the BJP country after it forms the next put a heavy burden on the Continued on Page 7 Minister take money?” Tuesday Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer Continued on Page 7 CAPSULE 2 CHILDREN DIE IN SHOP `133 cr narcotics on way to buy votes seized BLAZE IN JAMIA NAGAR New Delhi: Two minors died in a fire which broke out in a RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI Nagaland. teams in the country to keep Interestingly, in Gujarat, a recorded lowest seizures (less furniture shop at Jamia Nagar’s As per reports, from hero- watch on the flow of black dry State, EC has confiscated than `1 crore) till date. In Abu Fazal Enclave in southeast s the countdown for 2019 in, opium, to brown sugar and money and other illegal grati- 1.74 lakh litre of liquor worth North-East region, the Delhi, police said on Tuesday. A ALok Sabha polls begin, a anti-depressants drugs and nar- fication so that the level play- `4.77 crore till date. Compare enforcement team has seized six-year-old boy and seven-year- highly disturbing trend of the cotic substances are being sup- ing field of holding fair polls is this to Bihar, another State more than `1.50 crore in cash old girl died in the blaze. use of drugs and narcotics, plied to influence voters. not disturbed. with alcohol prohibition, where on Tuesday. besides liquor, to woo voters During the election to five Tamil Nadu recorded the liquor worth `20 lakh has been The seven phase polls will PAK PLACES 2 HINDU has come to light. The Election State Assemblies last year, the maximum seizure of these ille- seized. Jharkhand, Meghalaya, begin from April 11 and the GIRLS IN PROTECTION Commission (EC) has seized EC had seized drugs and nar- gal inducements, suspected to Mizoram and Sikkim have counting of votes will take Islamabad: A Pakistani high 2,420.15 kg of narcotics worth cotics worth `17 crore which have been routed and used to place on May 23. court on Tuesday ordered official `133 crore across the country. include brown sugar, smack, bribe voters, worth `107.24 protection for the two Hindu The EC has seized cash, opium, ganja, cocaine, denato- crore, followed by Uttar girls due to concern about their illegal liquor, drugs, gold and nium benzoate, methamphet- Pradesh `104.53 crore and safety as authorities widened a freebies worth about `562.39 amine, heroin, tablets of anti- Andhra Pradesh `103.4 crore. probe to ascertain if the teenage crore across the country since depressants Alprazolam and In Punjab, for instance, during sisters were abducted, forcibly the poll schedule was Tramadol. the Assembly polls in 2017, the converted and married. announced a fortnight ago. As per data updated till State had recorded total The biggest haul of the March 25, a total of `157.37 seizures worth `89.64 crore. F-16S ESCORT FLIGHT EC’s seizure of drugs and nar- crore cash, `93.64 crore worth Since March 10, when the m The Election Commission (EC) has seized 2,420.15 kg of drug AFTER BOMB THREAT cotics stood at 1,160 kg in Uttar of liquor, `133.86 crore drugs, Model Code of Conduct for and narcotics worth Rs 133 crore across the country Singapore/New Delhi: A Pradesh, followed by gold and other precious metals Lok Sabha elections kicked in, m Singapore Airlines flight from EC has seized 172 kg of drug and narcotics from Karnataka; Jharkhand at 657.7 kg, and worth drugs 169.36 crore, and Punjab has had seizure worth 84.30 kg from Punjab; 36.06 kg from Maharashtra and 21 kg Mumbai to Singapore with 263 Madhya Pradesh 282.406 kg. other freebies worth drugs `92.8 crore. passengers on board on Tuesday from Nagaland According to EC, it has seized 12.70 crore have been seized. Karnataka saw the total m received a bomb threat, 172 kg of narcotics from The EC has deployed hun- seizure of inducements and As per reports, from heroin, opium, to brown sugar and anti- prompting Singapore Air Force Karnataka, 84.30 kg from dreds of general observers, cash worth `26.53 crore, depressants drugs and narcotics substances are being supplied to send two F-16s to escort it. Punjab, 36.06 kg from expenditure observers and sta- Maharashtra `19.11 crore and to woo voters Maharashtra, and 21 kg from tic and mobile surveillance Telangana `8.2 crore. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 city 02

Mayawati targets UP grand alliance inducts Congress, BJP Togadia party to contest on job front 38 LS seats, 16 in UP PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW two more OBC parties PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW ahujan Samaj Party (BSP) PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Bpresident Mayawati on romising the construction Tuesday attacked the Union Pof Ram temple at Ayodhya amajwadi Party on Tuesday government for resorting to and ban on more than two chil- Sinducted two more OBC- “half-baked” demonetisation dren per family, Hindustan dominated political outfits into in 2016 and asked if the BJP Nirman Dal of former Vishwa the grand alliance which would apologise for its “eco- Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader includes the Bahujan Samaj nomic emergency” which com- Praveen Bhai Togodia on party and the RLD. The two pelled “rural masses to work as Tuesday announced to contest OBC political parties are labourers”. 38 Lok Sabha seats in the Janvadi Party (Socialist) and Prime Minister Narendra country with highest numbers the Nishad Party. The two Modi on November 8, 2016, of 16 in Uttar Pradesh. fringe parties have pockets of had banned the old Rs 1,000 The party, which was strong influence among their and Rs 500 denomination notes formed last year, will contest respective communities in east- with immediate effect. In a 9 seats from Gujarat, 5 in ern UP. tweet, Mayawati said: Odisha, 7 in Assam and one in “I congratulate the two “Capitalists and uber rich may Haryana besides 16 in UP. parties on joining the alliance,” not have (been) affected much While addressing a press Hindustan Nirman Dal leader praveen Togadia adrressing a press conference at Akhilesh Yadav said at a press from the economic emergency conference on Tuesday, Togadia Press Club on Tuesday Pioneer conference on Tuesday to of half-baked ‘notebandi’ but said that the party promised announce the expansion of the rural masses, which is the real early construction of the Ram people stand and claimed that nationalism was just a political alliance that had started with a India, was worst affected by it. temple at Ayodhya and would not a single promise made in nationalism and failed to pro- tie-up between the Samajwadi People were forced to return to go for a ban on more than two 2014 by the BJP had been ful- vide 2 crore jobs to youths. Party and the Bahujan Samaj their villages and work as daily children in a family. “The filled. “People like me are Claiming that he has a Party and later included Ajit wagers for survival. Will the biggest problem of this coun- ditched by the PM and the BJP. vision and roadmap for the Singh’s Rashtriya Lok Dal too. BJP apologise?” try is population. If we can con- Lord Ram has also turned a next 32 years for the country, Akhilesh Yadav’s effort In an earlier tweet, she trol population, half of the political stunt for the BJP in the he said that Hindustan Nirman appears aimed at stitching a SP national president Akhilesh Yadav addressing a press conference at party office on Tuesday Pioneer blamed both the Congress and problem will be solved. We will elections. Before election, peo- Dal was formed after people of caste arithmetic under the SP- BJP governments for the have enough food for every ple were told to vote for the BJP the country were ditched by the BSP combination – Nishad, March 2018 which became the alliance in UP Whenever the elections. poverty and unemployment mouth and no one will sleep and Ram Mandir will be con- present regime. He even went Dalit, Muslim, Yadav and non- template for the opposition Samajwadi Party had felt any In March 2018 bypolls, in the country. “The curse of empty stomach,” he said. structed. Where is that tem- to the extent of alleging that Yadav backward communities unity and eventually persuad- need during the elections, these Sanjay Nishad’s son Pravin poverty and unemployment The former VHP leader ple?” he asked. BJP had now turned into a – to put up a good fight to the ed two rivals, Akhilesh Yadav two parties and their leaders had Nishad successfully contested prevalent all around in the attacked Prime Minister The Hindustan Nirman Congress by adopting all the ruling BJP. Headed by Sanjay and Mayawati, to team up. always helped us. With their on the symbol of the Samajwadi country is the result of wrong Narendra Modi for his anti- Dal founder said that the BJP’s evils of the grand old party. Singh Chauhan, the Janvadi Praveen Kumar Nishad, the support, our alliance will be fur- Party from Gorakhpur Lok policies of the Congress and Party (Socialist) has a strong opposition candidate, who ther strengthened in the state.” Sabha seat. As per the present BJP governments. This prob- hold among the Chauhan com- defeated the BJP in Gorakhpur, Earlier in the day, the electoral arrangement, SP, BSP lem can be resolved only by munity, an extremely back- is the son of Nishad Party Janvadi Party (Socialist) and and RLD are in a seat-sharing giving work to each hand as SP clears names of 3 more candidates ward caste in the OBC catego- chief. Nishad Party hoardings were alliance in Uttar Pradesh in per the BSP policy and firm ry, which has a considerable Akhilesh said: “The Nishad spotted at the SP office, along- which SP will contest on 37 resolve was given shape by Lucknow (PNS): The The other two candidates are from Madhya Pradesh. The presence across eastern UP. Party and Janvadi Party side hoardings of the BSP and seats, BSP on 38 and RLD on extending employment to Samajwadi Party on Tuesday Hemraj Verma from Pilibhit and number of candidates The Nishad Party had a key (Socialist) are now a part of the RLD, fueling speculations of three. The alliance has decided lakhs among the sarv samaj by declared a list of three candi- Devendra Yadav from Etah. announced so far by the role in the opposition’s success Samajwadi Party-Bahujan new alliances being forged in the not to contest two seats, Rae my governments in UP,” she dates, including Anand Sen The SP had earlier declared a list Samajwadi party is 23 which also in Gorakhpur byelections in Samaj Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal Uttar Pradesh for upcoming |Bareli and Amethi. said. from Faizabad Lok Sabha seat. of 20 candidates, including one include one from MP. PGW’s Ayodhya visit rescheduled Woman strangled in Yogi seeks Rahul’s stand PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW and Barabanki during the campaign, sources said. ongress general secretary Meanwhile, BJP leaders C(UP East) Priyanka Gandhi have questioned Priyanka’s honour killing on terrorists in Kashmir Vadra has once again re-sched- visit to Ayodhya. UP Minority uled her Ayodhya visit and can- Affairs Minister Mohsin Raza PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW other family members sustained PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW HE SAID PRIME He said Prime Minister celled her maiden train travel said in a statement: “Those injuries when their hut caught MINISTER MODI HAD Modi had laid the foundation to Faizabad slated for March 27. who are questioning the exis- n a suspected case of honour fire in the early hours of hief Minister Yogi of development in 2014 and Vadra, who has changed tence of Lord Ram, what are Ikilling in Muzaffarnagar, a 23- Tuesday. Reports said that CAdityanath said that LAID THE he intended to take it forward her UP visit several times in the they going to find in year-old woman was allegedly Dinanath, a labourer working at Congress president Rahul FOUNDATION OF with the same enthusiasm in past, will now embark on a Ayodhya? They (Congress) strangled by her father and a brick kiln, used to live in the Gandhi should spell out his DEVELOPMENT IN 2019. “The PM is fulfilling the three-day visit to Amethi, Rae did not go to Kumbh Mela in brother for loving a man against hut in Faizipur village in stand on terrorism as his party’s dreams of freedom-fighters,” Bareli and Ayodhya, starting Prayagraj. There was a the family’s will. Kaushambi. His sons — candidate was seen shouting 2014 AND HE he said. from Wednesday. The pro- `deepotsav` event in Ayodhya. The victim was found dead Mahgulal (11) and Shatrughan slogans in favour of Pakistan in INTENDED TO TAKE IT Taking a jibe at Rahul and posed visit to Ayodhya by UP BJP That was also not attended by in fields on last Saturday, follow- (8) — died in the incident and Kashmir. “If the charges are FORWARD WITH THE Priyanka, he said some peo- Kaifiat Express from New Delhi spokesperson them. They are going (to ing which her family had filed five others family members sus- true, Rahul Gandhi should SAME ENTHUSIASM IN ple remembered God and now stands cancelled and now Chandramohan also Ayodhya) as they have a complaint in the tained injuries. They said the apologise to the country,” Yogi start temple hopping only she will reach Lucknow by remembered Babar (Mughal Thanabhawan police station injured were admitted to the said while addressing BJP’s 2019 during election time. flight on Wednesday morning took a dig, asking if ruler). They want to search for area in Shamli district, district hospital. Vijay Sankalp Rally in About the construction of and will first visit her brother she would “say his remains there,” he said. Muzaffarnagar SP Ajay Kumar In one more mishap report- Gorakhpur on Tuesday. Ram temple, the CM said Rahul Gandhi’s Amethi con- sorry” there for her Further alleging that Pandey said. During investiga- ed from Bhadohi, a speeding car In his around 40-minute eradicate poverty,” Yogi said. the SP, BSP, and Congress stituency on March 27. The party “putting Vadra is a Siberian bird, who tion, it was found that the hit a motorcycle, killing two per- speech, Yogi talked on various Instead, he said, the Prime were responsible for delay in next day she will be campaign- hurdles” in building migrates from one place to woman’s father and brother sons, including a five-year-old issues which ranged from Minister has already provid- the construction. “The party ing in her mother Sonia’ the Ram temple another after seeing the killed her for “tarnishing fami- boy, on Tuesday. Awadhesh Congress’ new poverty-allevi- ed health insurance of `5 has lined up advocates in Gandhi’s Rai Bareli constituen- weather conditions, Mohsin ly’s name”, Pandey said. Dubey, 55, and his grandson ation scheme to temple hop- lakh to every poor family order to create hindrance in cy and will hold ‘open house’ Raza said it was for her a “pic- The woman was in love but Khushaal, 5, were on the motor- ping of Congress leaders and member, `51,000 for every the Supreme Court hearing. meeting with workers at train travel has been can- nic” campaign to fool people. her family did not approve of it. cycle, when they were hit by the from longevity of mahagath- girl under Mukhyamantri Congress leader Kapil Sibal Bhuemau guesthouse. celled and the security agen- UP BJP spokesperson She was brought to fields and vehicle on Monday night. While bandhan to his own govern- Samoohik Vivah Yojana, `2.5 had filed an appeal in the SC On March 29, Vadra is cies have cleared her visit by Chandramohan also took a strangulated to death. To mis- Khushaal died on the spot, ment’s achievements. lakh for Pradhan Mantri Awas saying the hearing should not slated to visit Ayodhya and aircraft and road only. Since dig, asking if she would “say lead the police, the family filed Awadhesh got injured in the “Congress national presi- Yojana (urban) and `20,000 begin before 2019,” he said. after worshipping at the her official political debut in sorry” there for her party a case against three innocent incident. In a bid to flee the spot, dent announced Minimum for toilet construction and Rs Hitting out at SP, BSP Hanumangarhi temple, she January 2019, Vadra has “putting hurdles” in building youths, the SP said. A case has the car driver also hit pedestri- Guarantee Scheme of Rs 72,000 1.2 lakh for PMAY (rural). “In regimes, he said their govern- will hold a road show. Party already visited two significant the Ram temple. “Will been registered in this regard by ans in Chauri area, they said, for BPL families calling it will the last 60 years, Congress ments had auctioned sugar sources on Tuesday confirmed temple towns in the state – Priyanka Gandhi Vadra take the police and both the accused adding a 42-year-old was be a surgical strike on poverty. regimes could give gas con- mill at throwaway prices mak- about the change in the pro- PM Modi’s constituency the pious Saryu river waters in have been arrested and sent to injured in the incident. He was This means that the Congress nection to 1.3 crore people ing cane farmers bankrupt. gramme of Priyanka Gandhi Varanasi and Prayagraj. She is her hand there and atone the jail. rushed to a hospital where he admits that the slogan of ‘garibi but the Modi government has His government, he said, had Vadra. likely to halt at 32 points sins committed by the In a separate case reported succumbed to injuries, the hatao’ given by Rahul’s grand provided connections to 13 cleared pending dues of It has been reported that between Faizabad and Congress in Ayodhya?” he from Kaushambi, two sons of a police said. Police have arrest- mother almost 40 years back crore people in just 5 years,” `57,800 crore. due to security reasons, her Amethi, including Rae Bareli asked. labourer were killed and five ed the accused driver. was just a joke and has failed to Chief Minister said.

brought to challenge union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Expelled BJP leader Congress income ‘Modi promoting trying to retain Lucknow seat on BJP ticket. Prasad, was already given ticket from his traditional Dharaura seat but likely to join SP scheme draws flak Ambanis, Adanis’ fearing defeat, he reportedly tried to shift his loyalty towards PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW the occasion to list the Jitin’s candidature opposed BJP. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW aggrandisement. “Look at the achievements of his govern- campaign of the BJP. It says amajwadi Party president ment for the welfare of the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW obstructing the MGNREGA irebrand BJP leader IP Singh, ‘Modi hai to mumkin hai’ where SAkhilesh Yadav declined poor and poverty-alleviation in the country, Lalu said at the Fwho was expelled from the as it should have been the ‘BJP to endorse the ‘minimum measures taken during his enior Congress leader and time of drought the MGNRE- party for anti-party activities, is hai to mumkin hai’. Modi and income guarantee’ scheme regime. SLegislature Party leader in GA turned out to be a blessing likely to join the Samajwadi Shah have used the campaign to announced by Congress pres- “It was the Samajwadi the state Assembly Ajay Kumar in disguise for the poor, for Party as he claims that he will promote their own brand,” Singh ident Rahul Gandhi. Akhilesh Party government which had Lalu alleged that Chowkidar whom wages under MGNRE- not allow two gujjus (Narendra told this reporter on Tuesday Yadav compared the scheme for the first time announced a Prime Minister Narendra Modi GA was very important to Modi and Amit Shah) to mislead morning. with that of the BJP’s Rs 15 package for the poor people of was just interested in promot- meeting out their livelihood. people. Singh was expelled from the lakh sop promised in 2014. Bundelkhand wherein they ing people like Ambanis and Meanwhile, the Congress Singh did not disclose BJP for six years for allegedly Congress announced to give were given grains, milk, desi Adanis. leaders strongly opposed the whether he would be joining the anti-party activities when he Rs 72,000 per annum to 20 per ghee etc.” He added that the SP “The self-styled chowkidar proposed candidature of Jitin Samajwadi Party because of late raised the banner of revolt cent poor of the country. government used to give the of the country in reality is the Prasada from Lucknow. he had praised Akhilesh Yadav against the BJP leadership. He SP chief claimed that only Lohia Awas worth 3.05 lakh chowkidar of Ambanis and Sources confirmed during the for his decision to contest Lok praised the policies of the Samajwadi package was rupees to the poor and the Adanis,” he alleged. Addressing meeting called by city president Sabha election from Azamgarh. Samajwadi Party national pres- the best economic model for Samajwadi pension to females a press conference on Tuesday, Bodh Lal Shukla to discuss the “I cannot commit now about ident Akhilesh Yadav and even eliminating the poverty in the of the family. “We always lead along with another leader preparation for Lucknow par- joining the SP. But I think that offered his house in Azamgarh country. by example,” Akhilesh said. Panna Lal Punia, to highlight liamentary constituency at Modi only talked about develop- to Yadav to open his election “The Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav the Congress announcement of UPCC office on Tuesday after- ment but it was Akhilesh who office there after the SP leader team will assess the details of announced to give a promi- promise of Rs 72,000 to poor noon, majority of leaders came carried out development in the declared that he would be con- the scheme and then decide nent candidate from Lucknow if they win the polls, Lalu said out in open against Prasada, true sense,” he said. testing election from there. the party’s stand. I hope the Lok Sabha seat against Union the party would give Rs 12,000 claiming that how the leader, “Earlier I used to propagate This is the second time dis- Minimum Income Plan by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. per month to a poor family who failed to win even the policies of the BJP and ciplinary action is being taken the Congress party won’t be “Lucknow seat is very impor- which would certainly pave Assembly election in his own Narendra Modi. Now, I will go against Singh. Earlier in 2012, he like the ‘Rs 15 lakh promise’ to tant for us as we have changed way for the uplift of the weak- native village in Shahjahanpur, to the people and tell them not was suspended for opposing the poor by the BJP,” said the city by going for an all- er section of the society. “The would perform good here in to fall prey to these two gujjus joining NRHM scam-tainted Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday. round development through scheme when launched will the state capital. because they are big cheaters,” he Babu Ram Kushwaha in the He also expressed his doubts Metro, international stadium, enable women family members The leaders demanded that said. He said those leaders were party. But he was taken back in over Congress’s scheme for the linking with Agra Expressway, to get their money directly in instead of Prasada, some local selfish and had put the prospect the party fold after a furore was poorest 20 per cent people of Gomti Riverfront and oth- their bank accounts,” he said. leaders should be giving prior- of the BJP at stake for personal raised over the inclusion. India. Akhilesh Yadav chose ers,” he said. Criticising the BJP for ity or some big face should be

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‘Torso, other Manifesto on environment Thieves strike jewellery shop, body parts of the same seeks measure for clean air traders allege police laxity woman’ PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW n view of the upcoming Lok PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW THE POLICE THAT THE attack on jewellers and their PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW ISabha elections, a ‘People’s shops in the past in Krishna Manifesto on Environment’ t a time when police MISCREANTS STOLE Nagar and Sarojini Nagar, a panel of doctors on was launched by Climate vigil is high in the city SILVER ORNAMENTS delegation of Sarrafa associa- ATuesday conducted the Agenda and 100% UP Ain view of the upcoming tion had met senior police post-mortem of the chopped Campaign at UP Press Club on Lok Sabha elections, thieves WEIGHING OVER 1 KG officers. We were assured secu- body parts and head of an Tuesday. The press conference targeted a jewellery shop in AND GOLD rity and safety. The police offi- unidentified woman in was jointly addressed by Ekta Thakurganj on Monday night cers had also said that there Krishna Nagar case and a Shekhar, lead campaigner of and made off with gold and sil- JEWELLERY WORTH would be pickets around jew- torso found in Para. 100% UP Campaign, and ver ornaments. Police regis- SEVERAL LAKH ellery shops and the cops ASP, East, Suresh Chand Tahira Hasan, a socio-political tered a case of theft and start- would keep a tab on suspects. Rawat said: The doctors were activist. ed investigations. As per The assurance has proved to be of opinion that the torso and Giving details about this reports, Dilip Kumar Verma of the miscreants stole silver to the scene as the news spread. hollow,” they pointed out. other body parts were of same public manifesto on environ- Harshpuram (Thakurganj) ornaments weighing over 1 kg They flayed the police for fail- The protest by traders had woman. The doctors also con- ment, Ekta Shekhar said: “This Ekta Shekhar and Tahira Hasan addressing mediapersons runs the shop in the locality. and gold jewellery worth sev- ing to prevent thefts at a time the police under pressure and firmed that the woman was manifesto has been prepared On Tuesday morning, Verma’s eral lakh. Initial probe revealed when police vigil is high. “The a huge team, led by senior offi- not sexually assaulted by the after consulting over 350 part- new thermal power plant ited scale. It has to be scaled up son reached the shop to open that the miscreants gained police are carrying out check- cers, reached the scene. “The perpetrator(s) of the crime.” ner organisations of 100% UP (TPP) must be denied from throughout the country so that it. When he opened the shut- access into the shop through ing drives around financial traders were agitated after they The ASP said that the Campaign. We have presented now onwards and all existing each and every citizen is ter, he found empty jewellery the ventilator on the back side institutes and shops every day, heard about the theft. Senior entire proceedings were it to all the political parties con- TPPs should be phased out in informed about the quality of boxes lying strewn across the of the shop. “They uprooted but the thieves are still striking officers hauled up the SSP videographed and women testing Lok Sabha elections. We the next 15 years. The mani- air and health advisory also be floor. He called his father who the grill in the ventilator and at will,” a resident said. and asked him to send some doctors were also present dur- hope that the candidates, once festo says all energy require- communicated to all. As brick reached the shop and informed then entered the shop,” the Jewellers said the incident senior official to the place to ing the autopsy. The officer elected, will address the serious ment of the country should be kilns cause severe pollution and police. police said. Neighbouring exposed police claim about mollify the irate traders,” said that the police had col- issues of environment, pro- met through solar and other degrade groundwater as well, Verma told the police that shopowners and locals flocked night patrolling. “After the sources said. lected more CCTV footages vide significant space to these power sources. It also has a they have become a threat to and were scanning them to demands, and will be commit- demand on waste disposal and the health of rural population. track down the accused and to ted to saving the environment,” asks the political parties to A demand to monitor them ascertain the identity of the Ekta said. ensure that all the municipal constantly and ask them to Transgenders woman. The chopped legs, She explained the issues corporations should become convert on cleaner fuel is also hands and head of an uniden- incorporated in the manifesto ‘zero waste’ institutions through incorporated in the manifesto.” detained for tified woman were recovered which include implementation sustainable and scientific dis- “The manifesto puts a near a park close to Ram of a stronger and a legally posal methods. About other major thrust on indoor pollu- Manohar Lohia Law binding National Clean Air issues, Tahira said: “Diesel- tion also, as women and chil- kidnapping, University on March 23 and a Action Plan across the country based transportation is a signif- dren face its biggest impact. torso of an unidentified instead of limiting it to only 102 icant reason of air pollution in The manifesto says LPG should boy rescued woman was recovered from a cities, clean energy-based pub- India. If we tend to fulfill our be made easily affordable as it vacant plot in Para police lic transportation, implemen- last-mile connectivity commit- is the only option to make all PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW area on Sunday. Recovery of tation of emission standards as ment through e-vehicles, it Indian kitchens smoke-free. It the body parts had fuelled per law in all industrial units, will not only reduce air pollu- will ensure women’s and chil- cores of eunuchs created a speculation that two women and preservation of natural tion but will also save numer- dren’s health and safeguard Sruckus at Hasanganj Kotwali were killed and their body resources. The manifesto also ous lives. Air quality is being environment as well,” she on Tuesday after a police team parts were scattered. says that permission for any monitored done on a very lim- added. of Deoria rescued a kidnapped boy and detained three trans- genders on the charge of kid- Lucknow (PNS): A youth Cantonment, said Sanjay was a napping. Police had to work (23) working at a factory cast- Factory worker found dead property dealer and had a dis- hard to bring the situation ing cemented pillars in Banthra pute over payment with the vic- under control. was found dead under myste- it. A rope made of plastic sacks were present inside the factory. tim. The SHO said Sanjay, As per reports, the minor rious circumstances on Tuesday was tied around his neck. A Meanwhile, a former cor- along with Vikas, forcibly boy, who is a resident of Deoria, Artistes performing at ‘Virasat’, organised by Rashtriya Kathak Sansthan at Ravindralaya, on Tuesday Pioneer afternoon. Police said the man police spokesman said as per porator from Cantonment entered the house of the victim was kidnapped from his house committed suicide but victim’s circumstantial evidence, it Sanjay Heerwani and his aide and committed the crime. “The on March 19 . After a case was family suspected murder. The appeared that Uttam commit- Vikas aka Vicky, who claimed victim woman has been sum- registered, the Deoria police body was sent for autopsy. The ted suicide. “The body has to be leader of the local unit of moned to get her statement started investigations and deceased was identified as been sent for autopsy to ascer- a political party, were accused recorded,” the SHO said. A zeroed in on three transgenders Woman found murdered, Uttam Kumar of Bibipur village, tain the cause of death,” he said. of attacking their rival and police spokesman said a case of Bhandutola in Hasanganj. Banthra. Reports said Uttam However, the family contested attempting molestation with a for attack and molestation Around noon, the team raided was spotted hanging from an police claim saying it was not woman member of victim’s attempt was registered against the house and rescued the iron rod fixed on the boundary possible that no one saw him family in Cantonment police the accused and they were minor boy. The accused were husband under scanner wall with a barbed wire tied to commit suicide several workers station area. SHO, detained. also apprehended. As the news reached their community, PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW instantly refused to buy the victim’s husband Vijay was scores of eunuchs created a claim of victim’s husband and seen entering the house and scene, obstructing the legal woman was allegedly killed said he was misleading them. two minutes after that, he was proceedings by the Deoria Aand deprived of her gold “Vijay told us that the miscre- seen rushing out. police. and silver ornaments in broad ant(s) looted ornaments. But Sources said electricity sup- As the number of protest- daylight on Tuesday. However, the same were found in the ply to the area was snapped for ers swelled, the Deoria police facing flak for poor law and house,” the Chinhat police said. about 20 minutes (between team contacted the Hasanganj order, police said there was no “Some person dialled the 1.26 pm and 3.53 pm). “The Kotwali counterparts and a loot as ornaments were found police control room and said suspect probably escaped dur- team reached there. The joint in the almirah. The police that a woman had ended her ing that period as the CCTV team of police took the boy and doubted the credentials of vic- life at her house in Chinhat. camera was switched off and he the accused to Hasanganj tim’s husband and detained When the police team reached could not be seen moving out Kotwali. The protesting trans- him for interrogation. the scene, the woman was of the house,” one source said. genders then thronged As per reports, the woman, found lying on a bed. She was The police spokesman said Hasanganj Kotwali and creat- identified as Sundara Devi of found dead, when examined,” they were trying to find out the ed a ruckus, giving the cops a Siddharth Nagar district, was police spokesman AK Dwivedi person who called the police tough task. Senior officers living with her husband Vijay said. He said the body had been control room. “We are also reached the scene to bring the at an under-construction shop- sent for autopsy and further looking for other CCTV situation under control. ping complex in Officers’ investigations were underway. footages to track down the The senior officials talked Colony in Kamta (Chinhat). “If the autopsy confirms stran- suspect,” he said. to the protesters and explained Vijay works at an automobile gulation, it will be proved that He denied reports that to them the case of kidnapping. service company in Chinhat. the woman was murdered. In ornaments were looted in the They also got the protesters to Around 4 pm, Vijay reached that case, her husband Vijay case. Contrary to the police talk to the boy’s father. The pro- home and found Sundara lying could also be a suspect,” claim, victim’s husband said he testers were also showed evi- dead with a dupatta tied Dwivedi said. was at his workplace when his dence against the accused after around her neck. He instantly Initial probe revealed that wife was murdered. He claimed which they left the place. The went out of the house and a bike-borne man sans helmet gold and silver ornaments were Hasanganj SHO claimed that informed his neighbours about had entered the under-con- looted from his house and the accused had demanded Rs the incident. Later, the news struction house around 1.26 some made of brass were left 5 lakh as ransom to set the boy reached the police and a team pm. He was not seen leaving behind, giving a chance to the free. rushed to the place. The police the house. Around 3.53 pm, police to deny loot claim. Amethi resident abducted, rescued PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Prashant Awasthi of Barabanki was attended instantly and a issue. Faizan earlier worked in and Ubaid Rehman of Gonda. huge team, led by Hazratganj Saudi Arabia and he was sent hrowing an open challenge As per reports, Faizan CO AK Mishra, worked on the there by the accused. They Tto police, car-borne miscre- Ahmad of Gonda and his case and zeroed in on the later developed differences with ants abducted a man, who was brother Mohammed Iftisar abductors who were holed up Faizan as he did not pay them standing with his brother at the were in Lucknow for some in a house in Ahimamau, the ‘favour money’. Faizan also gate of Jawahar Bhawan, few work. They went to Jawahar Gosainganj. The team raided told the police that his broth- furlongs away from the SSP Bhawan for some official work. the house, arrested all the four er Iftisar did not know the camp office in Hazratganj on Around 2 pm, both Faizan abductors and also rescued accused, so he called the police Tuesday afternoon. However, and Iftisar came out and were the victim. “We instantly put control room. victim’s brother did not panic standing at the gate of the the cell number by which The CO said Faizan had but immediately dialled the building waiting for an Faizan had got the last call on visited the city to for passport- police control room, thus autorickshaw to reach surveillance and traced its loca- related work. “He and Iftisar paving the way for prompt Charbagh. tion. The miscreants probably later went to Madarsa Board in rescue of the victim and arrest In the meantime, the car- forgot to switch off their Jawahar Bhawan for some of the miscreants. borne miscreants reached at the phones in the hurry to flee the work. When Faizan came out, Those arrested were iden- gate and bundled Faizan into scene,” the Hazratganj CO said. he was abducted by the miscre- tified as Mohammed Mateen their vehicle. Iftisar immediate- Faizan told the police that ants. The police have registered and Mohammed Ramzan ly called the police control he had an old dispute with the a case against the accused,” he (both of Amethi district), room for help. The distress call abductors on a money-related said.

autos make a queue and action Encroachments outside hosps: Traffic will be taken against not fol- lowing their respective routes,” Verma said. dept to take help of RTO, LMC He said the main points were traffic snarls were wit- PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW the hospitals. “Outside King to the hospitals’ administra- nessed were Polytechnic and George’s Medical University, tion, RTO and LMC and an Barabirwa crossings. “Traffic he Traffic department will there are several private anti-encroachment exercise snarls occurring on these Tsoon launch a drive to ambulances parked in a hap- would be carried out shortly. routes are because of Uttar remove encroachments from hazard manner. Even if the Meanwhile, he said traffic Pradesh State Road Transport outside city hospitals. ASP, hospital premises has the snarls had eased to some Corporation buses. The buses Traffic, Abhishek Verma told parking space, the drivers do extent dipped of Lucknow are supposed to pick up pas- The Pioneer that they would not prefer to park the ambu- Metro. However, he said they sengers only from bus stops contact the RTO and LMC for lances there and this is an area were soon going to begin a but this has not been the the exercise. of concern for us because it drive to bring the menace of case. We have started identi- He said there were endangers the life of those autorickshaws and tempos to fying the buses picking up encroachments outside the coming to the hospital for zero level. passengers from everywhere hospitals, there were also treatment,” he pointed out. “We will be identifying the and actin is being taken ambulances parked around He said they were talking stands where tempos and against drivers,” he added. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 city 04

Manifesto on Muslim Home chefs to delight visitors with own recipes women’s demands PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW sabzi, he said it was a recipe which had been coming down PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW revised. “The state should pro- s the Hyatt Regency start- the generations in their fami- vide for relief compensation, Aed season 2 of ‘Home ly. “This dish was cooked on ebaak Collective’, an advo- rehabilitation of all women Made Happiness’ event (where- occasions when we came late ‘Bcacy group working in who are survivors of commu- in the hotel provides a platform in the night and decided to alliance with several grassroot nal violence, sexual assault and to home chefs for showcasing cook something very quickly. women rights and minority acid attacks. The state should their talent) on Tuesday, gen- We would slice the onions, gar- rights groups, released the man- take the initiative of opening eral manager Kumar Shobhan lic and use mustard oil as the ifesto of Muslim women’s trauma and counselling centres said the aim was to bring in the medium with spices like demands at Sanatkada on for the survivors. The state is synergy of food business and turmeric, red chillies and a Tuesday. Members of the groups obligated to ensure safety and recipes. dash of yogurt to soften the called upon all the political par- security of all women. Besides The ‘Home Chef’ season 1 onions. This requires a little ties to restore the constitution- taking steps to ensure safety of was started by the hotel last toss and then it is ready to al rights of women and minori- women in public spaces with- year in a bid to provide the serve. We eat it with pudina ties. Representatives of various out curtailing their mobility, global travellers with a hint of paratha,” he added. groups that had gathered on the police and other local authori- home-cooked food and it wit- Viraj Mohan, who is run- occasion said they were deeply ties must be sensitive while nessed the local chefs share ning a small catering business concerned about the rampant dealing with cases of women their own creative or tradition- at Daliganj, said food for him growth of hate political climate and other marginalised sec- al recipes that were bound meant nostalgia. “I cook food threatening the principles of tions. They should promote a within the four walls of their which is not Awadhi and justice, equality and fraternity just environment free from fear houses. Talking to The Pioneer, includes items like Punjabi etched in the Constitution by Dr to address grievances of all, Shobhan said they had gone a gosht and laal maas. Viraj said Bhimrao Ambedkar. particularly Dalits, Muslims step further and invited profes- he got interested in cooking Putting in their demands, and women,” they said. They sionals in the food business this because of his father Rocky they said 33 per cent reserva- said that in cases under any time to showcase their talent. Mohan, who has also penned tion should be given to women kind of violence and sexual “This indicates the kind of a book on the same subject. He and 5 per cent reservation to assault, the complainants openness we have about shar- will be cooking bhuna gosht socio-economic weaker sec- should be given immediate ing food ideas and do not hes- for the guests. “This is a tions such as Muslims. The and holistic support via legal itate to invite those who can be Punjabi style bhuna gosht other demands included help and counselling. potential competitors for us,” he which I will cook. It carries a increase in budgetary alloca- “All such services must be said. He said that the idea had robust flavour. I premarinate tions for girls and women- monitored to ensure accountabil- been so well appreciated that it the mutton with ginger and related interventions. “Single ity and quick redressal. For sur- was being taken up at the spices and then fry the onions women without monetary and vivors of domestic and other other hotels of the group. in oil till they sweat. After that family support should be given forms of violence, the state must Executive chef Subhash touch. Simi, who is sharing for 48 years. Giving details of lentils low and minced meat He will also be sharing the I release the mutton in the monetary support from the facilitate access to shelter homes Jana said the aim was to pro- the recipes of mutton shami the recipe, she said she browns more that impacts the taste of recipes of baked mushroom onions which I fry till I see all state. The state should pro- that are safe, inclusive, non-judg- vide the luxury of dining at kebabs, mutton brown stew the onions in oil and then fries the kebabs which are soft to caps, salami, mayonnaise the juices nicely mixed togeth- mote self-help groups offering mental, and promote healing home for the clients. Among and chicken korma, said the them with mutton. She admit- savour,” she said. crackers and butter garlic er. To this I add a dash of them livelihood, housing rights and rehabilitation. Non-partisan those who have been selected whole art of cooking non-veg- ted that it was a tricky recipe for Nitin Prakash from a well prawns. “I learnt making may- yogurt and some red colour,” and social security. Female committees should be formed to this time to showcase their tal- etarian food was about having getting the right balance of all known family of booksellers is onnaise at the age of 6 and I he added. genital mutilation is an illegal monitor their functioning. ent is Simi Khan a former patience and good mix of the ingredients. passionate about the food he loved beating the oil in egg For someone one who and inhumane practice that is Special attention must be given to teacher at Army School who masalas which are roasted and “It’s all about using fresh cooks which he says ranges slowly. I was often given the studied management in the being perpetuated in India the rights of sexual minorities and later took up the idea of food kept with care for fragrance. ingredients and paying atten- from the very rustic pyaz ki chance to whip the cake batter United Kingdom, Viraj said he under the name of religion provisions be added to facilitate catering business. She said she She said she learnt the art of tion to the ratio. My shami sabzi to ultra modern grilled so that I could lick the bowl and his brother would cook and tradition. It must be their access to the legal justice sys- found a lot of happiness in cooking mutton stew from a kebabs have hit off well for the fish with mashed potatoes , pea later,” he added from the recipes given in his stopped,” they said. tem. We also demand that the cooking which has a healing bawarchi who lived with them fact that I keep the ratio of puree and lemon butter. Giving the details of pyaz father’s book. Women members from the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 organisation said maternity be sent to the screening commit- benefits offered to the fairer sex tee and redrafted,” they stated. `70L in cash in various sectors should be Workshop on gender sensitisation, recovered LDA to repair, renovate CITYBRIEFS sexual harassment at workplace residential colonies SEMINAR Understanding the of Indian Railways importance of architecture to build environment-friendly PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW THE WORK ON THE and eco-friendly buildings, a national seminar on ‘Green ucknow Development PROJECT WILL BEGIN buildings and rating systems’ LAuthority (LDA) will be IN JULY AFTER THE was organised by Amity renovating the residential School of Architecture and colonies of railways and change CONCLUSION OF Planning, Amity University. Lucknow (PNS): The land use for the greater good of LOK SABHA POLLS The chief guest was RK Hazratganj police recovered its employees and in public Khandal, former Vice Rs 70 lakh being transported by interest. Presently, the resi- Chancellor of AKTU. a car via Bhainsakund Road on dential colonies are in a sham- railway officials would approve Khandal said green was the Tuesday. Hazratganj CO AK bles and need immediate repair. the plan after scrutiny. symbol of life and saplings Mishra said the cash belongs to LDA chief engineer IS Accounts officer MK must be planted in and a company dealing in toll tax Singh confirmed the develop- Agrawal said the estimated around houses and college plaza and construction busi- ment and said work on the pro- cost would be kept a secret to campuses to make the envi- ness. “The police apprehended ject would begin in July after begin with and would be ronment healthy and sustain- company supervisor Ibrahim, the conclusion of Lok Sabha announced later. He added able. “Our ancient architects an office assistant and the car polls. A survey of the entire that the project would be com- made buildings which are driver. They failed to explain area will be conducted on pleted within 18 months once still standing after hundreds of why they were carrying the Saturday. He said the plan for it was launched. Over 4,000 years but after all the tech- cash. The company owner has the project had been chalked shelters of different sizes will be nologies and innovations been summoned to explain and submitted with the railway repaired in the first phase. The these days, we are building the his side of story,” he said. The authorities. He said it would be chief engineer said the reason structures unable to stand for PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW ment and sexual harassment, harassment includes stalking, CO said that the team was launched in phases. The main for launching the project in 50 years,” he pointed out. which needed to be under- blocking, following and corner- tipped off about the movement thrust will be on on repair of phases was to avoid heavy workshop on ‘Gender sen- stood. She said the area of sex- ing, addressing by inappropri- of cash. He said the income tax five residential colonies in investment. He said it would be ANNUAL DAY Asitisation and sexual ual harassment varied from an ate words, telling obscene jokes department was informed of Alambagh. The chief engineers difficult to arrange skilled man- Central Institute of harassment of woman at work- obscene stare to violent rape. and stories at the work place, the recovery of cash. said he was optimistic that the power to manage the project. Medicinal and Aromatic place: Prevention, prohibition She also discussed the phenom- staring, making expressions Plants (CIMAP) celebrated and redressal’ was organised at enon of ‘consent’ between two like winking, touching a per- its diamond jubilee Annual National Botanical Research people. She said that a woman’s son’s clothes or body in an Day on Tuesday. The pro- Institute in collaboration with silence should never be consid- appropriate manner, showing SCHOOLSCAN gramme started with CIMAP CSIR-HRDC, Ghaziabad, on ered as her consent nor the pornography, asking for sexu- acting director Alok Kalra Tuesday. At the inaugural ses- consent given by her at any al favours and using force and ence with their multifaceted talents. The con- welcoming eminent guests sion, NBRI director SK Barik time for a particular thing assaulting physically, rape etc. ference of CMS Gomti Nagar Campus I was held and presenting the achieve- said the workshop would be should be considered as her He also mentioned about at Gomti Nagar Campus II auditorium while stu- ments of the institute in the helpful in understanding facts consent for everything in the Constitution and functions dents of CMS Rajendra Nagar Campus I had last 60 years. He apprised the for creating a better environ- future. of Internal Complaint their programme at Kanpur Road auditorium. gathering of several success ment at workplace for women. She also laid stress on the Committee (ICC), Role of ICC There were spectacular shows of singing and stories in the year gone by. He said prevention was always need to understand the reasons and duty of the employer in this dancing that left the audiences mesmerised. The Annual Day function better than cure. for woman’s silence. “It may be regard. He said it was the duty was presided over by founder Alok Goel from CSIR- either due to fear and anxiety of every employer to bring out MERITORIOUS DAY of Honey Bee Network, HRDC, Ghaziabad, spoke about her future or due to sev- a policy to deal with sexual Meritorious Day was celebrated at Hoerner SRISTI, GIAN & NIF Anil about the genesis of the work- eral reasons,” she added. harassment at the workplace, College on March 26 to commemorate the Kumar Gupta. He praised the shop. More than 250 partici- Supreme Court advocate considering all the possible death anniversary of its founder Surender efforts made by CIMAP pants, including scientists, LR Agarwal said sexual harass- circumstances. Singh. The chief guest was secretary of towards empowering the research scholars and staff, ment not only violates the fun- He said that organising Hoerner College Society Vinita Singh Kochhar unreached based on the attended the workshop. damental rights of a person but awareness and training pro- DIVINE EDUCATION CONFERENCES while the guest of honor was senior principal Gandhian principles. He Anju Pandey, UN Woman, also violates right to equality, grammes, monitoring progress With the session 2018-19 coming to a close, of CMS, Gomti Nagar, Manjit Batra. They gave talked about recognition, discussed the need for gender employment equality, freedom and providing assistance in Divine Education Conferences were organised away most of the medals and certificates to the resilience, responsibility and sensitisation at the workplace. of profession, freedom of life filing the cases as per require- by City Montessori School, Gomti Nagar I and meritorious students. There was a large num- knowledge sharing culture to She said there was a slight and liberty etc. ment was an employer’s Rajendra Nagar I campuses on Tuesday. Students ber of 100% attendance awards given away to be developed in the institute. demarcation between harass- He elaborated that sexual responsibility. of both the campuses won the hearts of the audi- students. A coffee house with old-world charm and endless political talks PTI n ALLAHABAD air-conditioned, swish cafes. Old- have discussions here without get- said that with the general elections timers say that even former prime ting offended by others’ views. around the corner, there are discus- n first glance it may not seem like ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and VP But now people get agitated if they sions about the SP-BSP alliance and Ia regular coffee house, but this six- Singh came to the iconic place for find that their views are being how it could dent the BJP’s vote decade-old building with its church- coffee in an era gone by. This cof- opposed,” said Dwivedi, but was share. like facade has been attracting scores fee house attracts people from all quick to add that it has not stopped “After Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of people who sit for hours over end- sections of society, from lawyers and anyone from airing their views. The made a formal political debut, less sips of steaming tea or coffee and journalists to businessmen. Ashok visitors to the coffee house said that many Congress supporters here debate over politics. Yadav, who retired from the Uttar on most of the days, the place is were enthused, saying it would At a time when election frenzy Pradesh Power Corporation, said, quite noisy, and people sit for revive the party’s fortunes. BJP sup- is gradually building up, the Indian “Yahan logon mein matbhed ho hours over endless cups of tea and porters here are also vociferous in Coffee House is brimming with peo- sakta hai, manbhed nahi (There can coffee. PR Panda, the manager of their praise for Modi who say he ple discussing the SP-BSP alliance be difference of opinion but not a the place, said, “There are impas- has ensured that the city became and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s foray difference in mind).” sioned discussions and arguments cleaner and developed infrastruc- into active politics. Located in the “The coffee house has, over the among people but we have never ture,” he added. He said the Kumbh upscale Civil Lines, often referred to years, come to define the political seen them getting violent. Though Mela, which was one of the clean- as the heart of the city, regular discourse of Allahabad, which is there were a few instances where est the city has seen, is also high- patrons describe it as a safe place more politically evolved than other they came close to picking lighted as an achievement of Prime where one can air their views freely. cities. Even a rickshaw puller here up chairs while trying to make a Minister Narendra Modi. Another The guests boast that their will have an opinion on the current point.” visitor to the place, however, favourite haunt sets the tone for political scenario,” he added. Panda said he did not know seemed less enthusiastic about the political discourse in the city, saying Avdhesh Dwivedi has been much about the history of the place political culture of the coffee house. it is a place where even those with coming to the coffee house for the but he has heard that before “This is a place for those who are opposing views can speak freely. last 45 years. A Congress worker till Amitabh Bachchan attained super- aspiring to be politicians. People Opened in 1957, the Indian Coffee 1987, he left the party after he felt stardom, he used to come here on who are in the opposition usually House has an old-world charm to it, that it was not raising the issue of a bicycle. HS Tripathi, who retired come here and criticise those in one that stands out in the times of corruption. “Earlier, you could from the Allahabad High Court, power,” the guest said. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 nation 05

SARADHACHITFUND Service status to forces gets boost SC: ‘Very very serious’ RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI the Supreme Court immedi- ately. The directions of the p The move comes following a directive from the Supreme Court for he Ministry of Personnel court regarding deputation of granting organised service status to these forces revelations made by Thas directed the Union IPS officers to CAPFs and RPF p The organised service status will enable the cadre officers to be Home and Railway Ministries may also be kept in view while eligible for certain service benefits like Non-Functional Upgradation to move separate proposals to formulating the proposal.” (financial benefits after certain number of years of service if CBI in status report grant “organised service” status The procedure for granti- promotion to the next post is not possible) to the Central paramilitary ng organised status to a service forces and Railway Protection is similar to that of a cadre New Delhi: The Supreme Forces respectively. review. Such a proposal, ini- Court on Tuesday termed as The move comes following tially moved by Cadre “very very serious” the revela- a directive from the Supreme Controlling Authority (CCA) is tions made by CBI in its status Court for granting organised examined by DoPT and report relating to the recent service status to these forces. Department of Expenditure, interrogation of the then The organised service status and subsequently, their rec- Kolkata Police Commissioner will enable the cadre officers to ommendations are placed Rajeev Kumar in connection be eligible for certain service before the Cadre Review with the Saradha chit fund benefits like Non-Functional Committee chaired by the scam case. Upgradation (financial benefits Cabinet Secretary. A Bench headed by Chief after certain number of years of The proposal is then sent p The procedure for granting organised status to a service is similar Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it service if promotion to the next for final approval of the to that of a cadre review. Such a proposal, initially moved by Cadre cannot “close its eyes” if some post is not possible). Cabinet. Necessary notifica- Controlling Authority (CCA) is examined by DoPT and Department “very very serious facts” are dis- Department of Personnel tions in this regard are to be of Expenditure closed to it and directed CBI to and Training (DoPT) under the issued by the CCA like MHA p The grant of organised service to Group A cadre officers will entitle file an application seeking Ministry of Personnel in a let- for Central Armed Police Force them to timely promotion and enhanced pay packages appropriate relief against ter issued on Monday to the and Ministry of Railways for Kumar, who had earlier head- Joint Secretary (Police-I) of RPF (Railway Protection Force, ed the state SIT to probe the Home Ministry Amitabh reads the DoPT order issued by for granting organised service petition is pending before the instead of declaring them as them to form associations on chit fund scam. Kharkwal and Joint Director MS Subramanya Rao, Director status to the paramilitary forces Delhi High Court and the next organised service as directed by the lines of the All India The Bench, which also (Estt/GC), Railway Board, of Cadre Review Division. as the Supreme Court had said date of hearing is March 28. The the court. Services and represent proper- comprised Justices Deepak “File an application or an Amitabh Joshi said, VPS Panwar, Chairman, that the forces are already in the contempt petition was moved The grant of organised ser- ly before the Central Pay Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna, affidavit, if you want to press “….MHA/Ministry of Railways National Coordination category and the Government by the National Coordination vice to Group A cadre officers Commission besides giving granted 10 days to the probe for your reliefs. We cannot act requested to move a proposal Committee for Ex CPMFs was directed to simply issue a Committee as the Government will entitle them to timely pro- them a collective bargaining agency for filing the applica- unilaterally and the other side for grant of organised status for Welfare Associations, said there notification to the effect. has sought proposals for grant- motion and enhanced pay power for better service con- tion. Kumar and others can has to be heard,” the bench said. implementation of the order of is no need at all for a proposal Panwar said a contempt ing organised service status packages. This will also enable ditions, Panwar added. respond to the plea seven days “We are not passing any order. thereafter. File an application and give the The top court refused to other side an opportunity to MINIMUM INCOME GUARANTEE SCHEME drop the contempt proceedings reply,” the Bench said. Senior Defer Modi against the West Bengal DGP, advocate AM Singhvi, appear- the chief secretary and Kumar. ing for West Bengal officials, It was hearing the CBI’s opposed the liberty being Scheme women centric: Cong contempt application against granted to CBI to file an appli- biopic: Left various senior officials of the cation against Kumar. West Bengal Government on “While considering the the ground of non-cooperation contempt matter, suppose some Money will go directly into bank accounts of woman member of family in its probe and alleged tam- very very serious things come parties to EC pering of evidence including to our notice then, should we PNS n NEW DELHI The party sought to clear Rahul on Monday call data records (CDRs) of key close our eyes to that,” the PNS n NEW DELHI Delegation led by CPI national “confusion” over the scheme announced that `72,000 per accused and Sardha group Bench said while asking CBI to secretary D Raja and CPI(M) day after Congress presi- with party chief spokesperson year will be given as minimum CMD Sudipta Sen and Debjani file the fresh plea. delegation of the Left par- Polit Bureau member Nilotpal Adent Rahul Gandhi Randeep Surjewala saying that income to poor families if his Mukherjee. The court, which At the outset, Venugopal Aties on Tuesday met announced his ambitious min- the scheme will directly bene- party is voted to power in Lok had earlier directed CBI referred to the reply of the CBI Election Commission (EC) Basu, pointed out serious law imum income guarantee fit 20 per cent beneficiary Sabha polls. Asserting that it will Director to file an affidavit giv- Director and alleged that the officials and demanded that and order situations in Tripura scheme, the party on Tuesday families and that scheme is be the final assault on poverty, ing details about the alleged West Bengal police has not release of the film based on the and West Bengal said the beneficiary of the “women centric”. he said the scheme would ben- contempt committed by West been cooperating with the life of Prime Minister Narendra scheme’s financial assistance Surjewala said the efit around 25 crore people. Bengal cops and others in the probe, providing incomplete Modi be deferred, claiming it party goons are particularly tar- will directly go to the woman Nyunatam Aay Yojana (Nyay) is Congress also attacked case, perused the reply of the and tampered with details to to be a “propaganda material”. geting the Left Front and its member of the family. not a “top-up scheme” and is a Finance Minister Arun Jaitley CBI chief and the fresh status the probe agency. The delegation led by CPI candidates,” the statement said. women-centric scheme where- for dubbing the scheme as a report, pertaining to quizzing He said the CDRs, provid- national secretary D Raja and They also raised the p The party sought to clear by the money will go directly “bluff announcement”, saying of Kumar. ed by the state police, of the key CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Kolkata airport incident involv- “confusion” over the into the bank accounts of the no other political party has “We have gone through accused to the CBI were Nilotpal Basu, pointed out seri- ing the wife of Abhishek scheme with party chief woman member of a family. “betrayed” India for more than your (CBI’s) status report. matched with those provided ous law and order situations in Banerjee, MP and Trinamool spokesperson Randeep At the same time, Congress seven decades in the name of There are something very very by the mobile service providers Tripura and West Bengal. Congress candidate in Surjewala saying that the asked Prime Minister Narendra poverty. Surjewala also attacked serious,” the Bench said. and various discrepancies were “The delegation had a Diamond Harbour and the scheme will directly benefit Modi and the BJP to clearly Government think tank NITI The Bench asked Attorney found in them. detailed discussion with the EC nephew of West Bengal Chief 20 per cent beneficiary spell out whether they support most happy is that the NYAY Aayog vice chairman Rajiv General KK Venugopal, repre- Solicitor General Tushar on the release of the biopic on Minister Mamata Banerjee. families and that scheme is its proposal to give `72,000 scheme will add `72,000 every Kumar dubbing the body he senting CBI, to file an appro- Mehta, also appearing for CBI, Narendra Modi. The delegation The delegation urged that “women centric” annually to five crore poor fam- year in the bank accounts of headed as “Rajneeti Ayog” and priate application as it cannot said that there has been serious pointed out that there are well- there should be a probe by the ilies under a minimum income women,” she tweeted asked him to run the organi- pass any order on the prayers breach of the apex court order established precedents on with- Commission to ascertain the guarantee scheme, claiming “The Congress will get this sation from the BJP office and as they were part of the sealed asking State police to cooper- holding the release of such pro- truth as this has financial impli- many BJP Ministers were amount credited to the bank contest elections instead. cover report to which the other ate in the investigation. PTI paganda materials during the cations and a possible impact opposing the idea. accounts of the women of ben- Actor-politician side has no access. pendency of the elections. The on free and fair polls. Party general secretary eficiary families. This scheme Shatrughan Sinha — who is all poll body, however, was non- The Congress too had Priyanka Gandhi took to Twitter will be implemented without set to quit the BJP will join the INSHORT committal,” a statement from moved the poll body to get the to applaud Rahul Gandhi’s any discrimination between Congress in Bihar on Thursday, the two Left parties said on release of the biopic, with announcement and said the the urban and rural areas. It showered praise on Rahul All Lokpal members Tuesday. Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi p Surjewala said the best aspect of the Nyay is it will will be implemented across Gandhi, calling him the “mas- to take oath today The delegation also reiter- playing Modi, deferred till the Nyunatam Aay Yojana provide women with steady the country uniformly,” ter of situation” and his pro- ated the demand of matching final phase voting in the Lok (Nyay) is not a “top-up money. “What’s making me Surjewala said. posed scheme a “masterstroke”. the VVPAT records with those Sabha polls on May 19. Earlier, scheme” New Delhi: All eight newly of the EVM for randomly cho- the DMK, NCP and the NDA p appointed members of anti- sen 50 per cent of the booths. ally RPI(A) have approached Party general secretary corruption ombudsman Lokpal The EC pointed out that as per the poll body seeking defer- Priyanka Gandhi took to will take oath of office on the Supreme Court direction, ment of the Modi’s biopic till Twitter to applaud Rahul Wednesday, officials said on the Commission will be sub- the Lok Sabha polls is over. Gandhi’s announcement Tuesday. mitting an affidavit on March President Ram Nath 28 on this subject. Kovind had on Saturday “The delegation also point- administered the oath of office ed out the serious law and to Justice Pinaki Chandra order situation in Tripura and Ghose as the country’s first ELECTORAL BONDS: SC TO West Bengal, where the ruling Lokpal. Former Chief Justices HEAR PLEAS ON APRIL 2 of different High Courts — New Delhi: The Supreme Court Justices Dilip B Bhosale, Tuesday said it will hear on April Pradip Kumar Mohanty, 2 the petitions which have Abhilasha Kumari — besides challenged the issuance of Dhinakaran faction can’t get sitting Chief Justice of electoral bonds by the Chhattisgarh High Court Ajay Government. The matter came Kumar Tripathi were appoint- up for hearing before a Bench ed as judicial members comprising Chief Justice Ranjan pressure cooker symbol: SC in the Lokpal. Gogoi and Justices Deepak Former first woman chief Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna. Grant common and assembly by-elections in of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Archana Ramasundaram, ex- MOVE TO ‘NEUTRAL PLACE’: symbol, apex “The EC on due and prop- Maharashtra chief secretary NIRMOHI AKHARA TO SC er satisfaction that the candi- Dinesh Kumar Jain, former New Delhi: Nirmohi Akhara, one court tells EC dates named in the document IRS officer Mahender Singh of the original litigants in the marked with the letter ‘X’ (list and Gujarat cadre ex-IAS offi- Ayodhya Ram Janmabhoomi- of names) want to contest the cer Indrajeet Prasad Gautam Babri Masjid land dispute case, New Delhi: The Supreme election under any one com- are the Lokpal’s non-judicial has requested the Supreme Court on Tuesday dashed the mon symbol, will make all members. Court to consider moving the hopes of a faction led by former endeavour to ensure that in the All these eight members mediation panel proceedings AIADMK leader TTV forthcoming elections..., the will be administered the oath from Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh Dhinakaran for getting the aforesaid candidates be allotted President Ram Nath Kovind with his Croatian counterpart Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic during a delegation level talks at Zagreb in of office on Wednesday, the to New Delhi or some other ‘pressure cooker’ symbol exclu- any one particular free symbol,” Croatia on Tuesday PTI officials said. PTI “neutral place” due to the sively for the upcoming Lok the Bench said. sensitive nature of the issue. Sabha and Assembly by-elec- A Bench of Chief Justice The court, clarified, that its tions, but asked the Election Ranjan Gogoi and present order will not amount BAR BODY’S ORDER: Commission to allot a common Justices Deepak Gupta to recognition of the group or Ensure justice to 2 Hindu girls: Sushma to Pak SC TO HEAR PLEA free symbol to it. and Sanjiv Khanna also its any part as a political party New Delhi: The Supreme Court The top court said to whether “registered” or “unreg- on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea made it clear that if n “ensure a level playing field” istered” and only election PNS NEW DELHI ❛ Even the Prime envoy in Islamabad to send a challenging the notification of among the contesting political candidates fielded by commission can take a decision report on the incident. Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Bar Dhinakaran-led group win Minister on Naya parties in Lok Sabha polls and in that regard as and when oreign Minister Sushma Pakistan will not Hours later, India issued a Council suspending the licence by-election in Tamil Nadu and the elections, “they will required. FSwaraj on Tuesday asked believe that girls note verbale to Pakistan on the of 5,970 advocates for non- Puducherry, it has directed the be treated as Independent It added, “We also make it Pakistan to ensure the imme- of this tender age issue, sharing its concerns over payment of their dues towards poll panel to allot a common candidates” clear that in the event any of the diate release of the two Hindu can voluntarily the incident and called for suit- the Advocates’ Welfare Fund. free symbol to the group. candidates mentioned in the girls who were allegedly kid- decide about their able remedial action to protect A Bench of Chief Justice list marked with the letter ‘X’ napped and forcefully con- conversion to and promote safety, security and BJP WORKER’S DEATH IN Ranjan Gogoi and Justices issued by the Election is to be elected, such candidate verted to Islam in Sindh another religion welfare of people from the WB: SC SEEKS REPORTS Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Commission of India there will be counted as an indepen- province last week. and marriage minority communities. New Delhi: The Supreme Court Khanna also made it clear that under, which the appellant or dent candidate and not belong- “Justice demands that both Subsequently, Pakistan Prime on Tuesday asked the West if candidates fielded by his group has concededly not ing to any political party for all these girls should be restored to Minister Imran Khan ordered Bengal Government to furnish Dhinakaran-led group win the followed. purposes including for the pur- their family immediately,” she Hindu girls in Pakistan: The she said. an investigation into the inci- the report of medical board elections, “they will be treated “We are, therefore, not poses of the Tenth Schedule of tweeted. age of the girls is not disputed. A Pakistani high court on dent. The Islamabad High constituted by it to ascertain the as Independent candidates”. inclined to grant any recogni- the Constitution”. Reena and Raveena, hailing Raveena is only 13 and Tuesday ordered official pro- Court issued the order Tuesday cause of the death of a BJP “The claim of the appellant tion to the appellant or his The court’s order came on from village Hafiz Salman near Reena is 15 years old,” the tection for the two girls due to after the petition was filed by the worker Dulal Kumar last year. to the symbol of ‘pressure group to the symbol of ‘pres- the last day of filing of nomi- the town of Daharki in Sindh, Minister said. concern about their safety as girls and their husbands to seek The body of 32-year-old Kumar cooker’ in an exclusive manner sure cooker’,” the Bench said. nation papers for the upcom- were allegedly kidnapped and “Even the Prime Minister authorities widened a probe to protection from adverse action. was found hanging from an cannot be acknowledged in It took on record the list of ing Lok Sabha elections in 40 forced to convert from on Naya Pakistan will not ascertain if the teenage sisters On March 20, the girls’ electric pole in Purulia district’s view of the provisions of names of 59 candidates, seats and assembly by-elec- Hinduism to Islam on March believe that girls of this tender were abducted, forcibly con- family lodged a First Balarampur of West Bengal on Section 29A of the marked as ‘X’, to be fielded by tions on 19 seats in Tamil 20, before being married to age can voluntarily decide verted and married. Information Report against June 2 last year after the Representation of the People Dhinakaran led group in the Nadu and Puducherry to be Muslim men. about their conversion to On Sunday, Swaraj tweet- their alleged forced conversion Panchayat election in the State. Act, 1951 and the guidelines upcoming Lok Sabha elections held on April 18. PTI “Forced conversion of another religion and marriage,” ed that she asked the Indian to Islam. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 nation 06

DISSIDENCE IN SOME LS SEATS IN KARNATAKA Shatrughan ‘Minimum Income Guarantee’ to join Cong Sidda terms it ‘common’ surgical strike on poverty: RaGa in New Delhi Will resolve the rebel candidate, it will add to Jaipur: Congress president Jaitley Monday dismissed the on March 28 the Congress-JD(S) coalition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday NOBODY Congress promise of mini- worries as the alliance is facing termed his party’s promise of } mum guaranteed income, say- Patna: Bollywoodactor-turned- issue to defeat backlash at several places minimum guaranteed income SHOULD BE ing the party has a history of politician Shatrughan Sinha, including Mandya and Hassan, to the poorest 20 per cent "cheating" the poor and mis- who has been associated with communal BJP, with party workers unhappy households a "surgical strike POOR IN THE leading the country in the BJP for about three decades, with the seat arrangements. on poverty" and said nobody name of removing poverty. will join Congress at New Delhi says Congress Both parties that had should be poor in 21st centu- COUNTRY IN In 1971, Rahul Gandhi's on March 28, a senior party fought bitterly against each ry India. grandmother and then Prime leader said here on Tuesday. Bengaluru: Conceding that other ahead of May 2018 Addressing a rally in 21ST } Minister Indira Gandhi had "Shatrughan Sinha will join the ruling Congress-JD(S) Assembly polls joined hands to Suratgarh town of Ganganagar also given 'Garibi Hatao, Desh Congress in New Delhi on alliance is facing dissidence in form an alliance as the election district, a day after declaring CENTURY Bachao' (remove poverty, save March 28 at 11.30 am ... He will some Lok Sabha constituencies, threw up a hung verdict. his party would roll out the the nation) slogan during the be our candidate from Patna the Congress' Karnataka unit Though Congress-JD(S) scheme if voted to power, general election campaign. Sahib", chairman for the state on Tuesday expressed confi- leaders have decided to go to Gandhi alleged that Prime be `12,000 per month." Years later, PM Modi, during a Congress election campaign dence about resolving differ- polls together, it is not some- Minster Narendra Modi gave The name of the proposed speech in 2018, termed the committee Akhilesh Prasad ences by making both party action organised by the Gowda filed his nomination as thing that the workers of both money to the rich and top scheme is 'Nyuntam Aay 'Garibi Hatao' slogan a "false Singh told newsmen here. workers understand the need to Karnataka PCC. the joint candidate of the rul- parties at the booth level, who industrialists of the country, Yojana' or Nyay. The word promise". Sinha is a two-term BJP defeat "communal BJP." "We are talking to workers ing alliance. have been fighting each other, but the Congress would serve 'Nyay' stands for justice in Rahul Gandhi Tuesday Lok Sabha member from Patna With transfer of votes there, also disgruntled leaders Another Congress leader agree with. the poor. Hindi. also alleged the Modi Sahib Singh but has been between the Congress and the there. I have confidence that we and former MLA, K N Deve Gowda's grandsons, He said the promised min- He alleged that poverty Government weakened the dropped by the saffron party JD(S) crucial for them to out- will be able to pacify them," he Rajanna, also filed his nomi- Prajaval Revanna and Nikhil imum income scheme was a and unemployment increased schemes and programmes such which has chosen to field union perform the BJP, there is worry said. nation on Monday from Kumaraswamy, are the alliance "big bang". under the Modi Government. as MGNREGA and food secu- minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in both parties that the dissi- "Coalition Government Tumkur as an independent candidates from Hassan and "Dhamaka hai ye...Bomb While the Congress-led UPA rity introduced by the UPA from the seat. dence may hamper their and alliance was inevitable candidate, opposing Gowda. Mandyarespectively. fatega (It's a big bang...A bomb Government lifted 14 crore dispensation. Sinha has been openly crit- prospects. today. We will make workers KPCC chief Dinesh Gundu Responding to a question, will set off). This is a people out of poverty, "Modi "Whatever was done under ical of Prime Minister Narendra Agreeing that there was and leaders of both parties Rao on Tuesday said he has Siddaramaiah agreed that Congress's surgical strike on made them poor again", he the MGRENGA, food securi- Modi and BJP president Amit disgruntlement in two to three understand about the situation spoken to both Tumkur was conceded to the poverty. They (the BJP) claimed. ty and loan waiver by the UPA Shah. Speculation had been places like Mandya, Tumkur and the need for an alliance to Muddahanumegowda and JD(S) as he was against giving worked to eliminate the poor On Monday, Gandhi Government, that all were fin- rife for some time that he and Hassan, coalition coordi- defeat the communal BJP. Rajanna and the party would away Mysore seat to the region- we will eliminate poverty," announced in New Delhi that ished by Narendra Modi. would join the Congress, which nation chief and Congress I'm confident that they too resolve the issue "amicably." al party, which had asked for Gandhi said. `72,000 per year will be given Poverty and unemployment is an ally of the leader Siddaramaaih said it will agree and there won't be "We have spoken to him oneamong the two seats. On helping the poor, he as minimum income to poor increased in his rule," he said. 'Mahagathbandhan' which also was common in an alliance and any problem," he added. (Muddahanumegowda), we "We had to concede said, "We thought how it families, benefiting around 25 He said that top industri- consists of the RJD and other when there were aspirants from Defying the electoral have spoken to Rajanna...We Mandya because sitting MP should be done. After discus- crore people, if his party is alists were helped by the local parties. both parties. arrangement under which will again speak to them and there was from JD(S), so nat- sion and brainstorming, we voted to power in Lok Sabha Government in "looting" the Asked whether Sinha "There is some amount of Tumkur was allotted to the will solveit amicably," Rao told urally they asked for the thought that there should be a polls. public money and their debt of would be induced in the party disgruntlement in Tumkur as JD(S), sitting Congress MP S P reporters in response to a ques- seat.They also asked for a seat- minimum income line of "Nobody should be poor `3.5 lakh were written off, but in the presence of AICC pres- the sitting MP did not get the Muddahanumegowda filed his tion about action on rebel can- either Mysore or Tumkur, I said `12,000 per month. Soon after in the country in 21st century," farm loans were not. ident Rahul Gandhi, as was ticket from the Congress, papers on Monday, even as didates in Tumkur. we cannot concede Mysore formation of the Congress he told the Suratgarh rally The Congress chief con- being speculated in the media, because the seat went to the JD(S) patriarch and former If Muddahanumegowda because there is more oppor- Government in 2019, the min- Tuesday. tinued his "chowkidar" barb at Singh said Top leaders will be JD(S)," he said at a twitter inter- Prime Minister HD Deve contests from Tumkur as a tunity for Congress there." PTI imum income line in India will Finance Minister Arun the PM. PTI present on the occasion". PTI Darbhanga LS seat new bone of 11 non-bailable charges contention between RJD, Cong on BJP’s Coochbehar

Patna: The Darbhanga Lok and chief state spokesman Bhai into the fight." candidate: TMC to EC Sabha seat, represented by for- Virendra said here. Siddiqui had fought the mer test cricketer Kirti Azad, Notably, senior RJD leader 2014 election from Madhubani SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA party some problem in who recently quit the BJP and Mohd Ali Ashraf Fatmi won and lost to Hukum Deo Coochbehar constituency bor- joined the Congress, on the seat in all Lok Sabha polls Narayan Yadav of the BJP. arrying eleven non-bailable dering Assam and Bangladesh. Tuesday emerged as a new since 1991 except on three State Congress president Ccharges on his head, Nishit This, notwithstanding the fact bone of contention in the occasions — 1999, 2009 and Madan Mohan Jha, when Pramanik, the BJP candidate for that the BJP has fast come up to Opposition Grand Alliance in 2014. approached with queries about the Coochbehar Lok Sabha seat, gain the second position dis- Bihar, with the RJD stating that The party's decision to the RJD's claim, said seems to have become a placing the Left Front in this dis- it wished to field its veteran field Siddiqui — a senior leader Darbhanga was an "important headache for the saffron party. trict. In the last Assembly elec- leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui who has formerly been the seat", but a final call will be Trinamool Congress has tions the BJP had taken a lead from the seat. leader of the Opposition in the taken by the party's high com- already approached the Election over the TMC in the urban areas The Lalu Prasad-led party Assembly and served as the mand. Commission of India drawing its whereas the latter had posted a contended that its candidate Finance Minister — is seen as The Congress had last won attention towards the affidavit lead in the rural belt. had lost the seat to the BJP by a move to placate the veteran, the seat way back in 1980. filed by Pramanik. “The BJP has Considering the recent elec- a thin margin in 2014. who is said to have been sulk- Elaborating further on the fielded a person who has eleven toral patterns a slight shift in the "Darbhanga is our tradi- ing over being sidelined fol- party's dilemma, Congress non-bailable charges against vote base could affect either par- tional seat. We have won it lowing the entry of Lalu leader Rishi Mishra — whose him to serve the people of ties much, experts said. many times. Even in the 2014 Prasad's sons Tejashwi Yadav grandfather Lalit Narayan Coochbehar. We have already Controversies hit the BJP in polls, which were swept by the and Tej Pratap Yadav into Mishra was a minister in Indira brought it to the notice of the another constituency, this time BJP-led NDA, our candidate active politics. Gandhi's cabinet and is said to ECI,” North Bengal Basirhat in south Bengal where lost the battle by a thin margin. When asked about Bhai be the tallest leader in the Development Minister party candidate Sayantan Basu "We would therefore like to Virendra's statement, Siddiqui Mithila region where Rabindranath Ghosh said on was reported against by the contest the seat again and field said, "I am a disciplined party Darbhanga falls — claimed Tuesday. TMC for telling a crowd that “we Abdul Bari Siddiqui this time. worker. If the party asks me to that Maithil Brahmins in the Pramanik has been booked will ask the CRPF through our A formal announcement would contest from Darbhanga, I will constituency are traditional for murder, attempt to murder, central leadership not to shoot be made shortly," RJD MLA put my heart, mind and soul supporters of his party. PTI Kashmiri women walk inside an orchard with almond trees in full bloom in Srinagar on Tuesday PTI dacoity, human trafficking, at the legs but directly through Ghosh said quoting the affidavit the chest if the mischief mongers filed by Pramanik before the come to capture booths. This ECI. Out of the eleven non-bail- time round no Sahjehan or able cases two have been filed in Aurangzeb will come to save the Govt refuses to disclose Modi ‘only' PM to give befitting reply to Pak: Shah other States. TMC’s goon.” “He is charged with looting Moradabad (UP): BJP presi- "fear" of Modi. deprived sections had been a bank and a jewellry shop at details on RBI Governor dent Amit Shah on Tuesday He predicted that the SP- feeling that they have their own Alipurduar,” Ghosh said won- said Narendra Modi was the BSP-RLD alliance would fail government at the Centre. dering “how a party which BJP names "only" Prime Minister who had because "our Government is BJP media head Anil claims to give good governance Das appointment responded strongly to terror very much popular due to our Baluni said in a statement that can nominate a person who has candidates activities in Pakistan, likening positive works". the party organised over 250 such grievous charges against PNS n NEW DELHI Committee of the Cabinet the Centre's response to the US Shah hit out at Yadav, alleg- 'Vijay Sankalp' (pledge for vic- him dismissing the BJP allega- headed by Prime Minister action against terrorism. ing that all miscreants were tory) rallies across the country tion that the charges were the for 10 more he Centre has refused to Narendra Modi for three years. "We attacked on Pakistan there in the former Chief on Tuesday with its tops lead- result of the TMC’s vendetta pol- Tshare details related to the The appointment came without any delay after the Minister's Government and ers addressing them. itics against the Opposition appointment of RBI Governor after Urjit Patel abruptly Pulwama attack, while the crime was on the rise. While Shah spoke in leaders. “If such was the case WB LS seats Shaktikanta Das citing a clause resigned amid a face-off with Opposition leaders were insist- But during the present BJP Moradabad, Union Ministers then how could he have been Kolkata: The BJP on Tuesday in the transparency law which the Government over issues ing for negotiation, Shah said here was grieving like Government, he claimed, all Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, booked in other States where the declared the list of 10 more bars disclosure of information, related to governance and at a 'Vijay Sankalp' rally in Uttar Pakistan," he said in an appar- miscreants were either in jail or Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Trinamool is not in power,” candidates for Bengal. Among including “records of delibera- autonomy of the central bank. Pradesh's Moradabad district. ent reference to the Balakot fled the state. Goyal and Uma Bharti spoke in Ghosh said adding “even the these are: Humayun Kabir tions of the council of ministers, The RTI application was The Bharatiya Janata Party airstrike. Shah said communal vio- New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Udupi, High Court has rejected bail from Murshidabad, Krishna secretaries and other officers”. filed by this correspondent with chief alleged that the He asserted that the BJP- lence and land-grabbing inci- Vijaywada and Sonipat respec- applications filed by him in two Joardar from Behrampore, Replying to an RTI query, the Department of Financial Opposition was insulting the led NDA would win 74 of the dents, which he said were nor- tively, he said. cases.” Mukut Mani Adhikary from it declined to share the details, Services (DFS) seeking details soldiers who died in the state's 80 Lok Sabha seats. It mal during the previous dis- Uttar Pradesh Chief Yet another political turn- Ranaghat, Nilanjan Roy from including names of short-list- like copy of any advertisement Pulwama attack by asking had won 73 in 2014. pensation, had become a thing Minister Yogi Adityanath spoke coat to be fielded by the Bengal Raiganj, Rantideb Sengupta ed candidates and file notings or vacancy circular issued by the questions on the number of Pointing out that of the past and there was peace. in Varanasi, Gujarat CM Vijay saffron outfit, Pramanik had ear- from Howrah, Subhas Sarkar related to the appointment. Government on appointment of casualties in the Balakot Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Listing out the Modi dis- Rupani in Porbandar, Haryana lier left the Trinamool Congress from Bankura, Joy Banerjee Das was on December 11, RBI Governor, names of all airstrike. Yadav and Bahujan Samaj Party pensation's welfare schemes, CM Manohar Lal Khattar in to join the BJP. from Uluberia, Shantanu 2018 named as the Reserve applicants who had applied for "When the country was supremo Mayawati were "ene- Shah claimed that for the first Panipat and former Madhya His organsational capabili- Thakur from Bongaon and Bank of India (RBI) Governor the post and those short-listed celebrating after air strikes at mies" earlier, Shah said they time since Independence, the Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh ties apart, Pramanik’s alleged Debashis Samanta from by the Appointments for the top post. terrorist camp, the Opposition had come together now due to farmers, poor, Dalits and the Chouhan in Puri. criminal records could pose his Contai. It’s time to re-emerge as global knowledge hub: VP BJP pays no respect to

Mumbai: Vice President unfolded," he said. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday "Education is not only for its elders, says Mamata said knowledge is going to be the employment. It should empow- driver of the Indian economy er the individual with knowledge and will play a vital role in and wisdom to sift the wheat PNS n KOLKATA She remembered how “I improving the living conditions from the chaff. Access to qual- have worked under Vajpayee of people. ity education for all and at all lev- engal Chief Minister and Advani,” when the former India must rise to the occa- els is equally essential to ensure BMamata Banerjee on was the Prime Minister of sion and reorient its higher inclusive growth and prevent Tuesday questioned the present India. education system, in order to be any kind of discrimination," he culture inside the BJP which She however said that it globally competitive, Naidu said, said. Time has come for India to was far different from what was was her personal feeling and addressing the 16th convocation once again emerge as the glob- preached by its founding that “they may not agree to it.” ceremony of Indira Gandhi al knowledge hub, he said. "For fathers. Neither Advani nor Joshi were Institute of Development that to happen, the seats of learn- In reference to the way given nominations by the BJP Research here. ing, especially the universities, some of its senior leaders like and it is alleged that they were Eight PhD, six M.Phil and must reinvent themselves as LK Advani and MM Joshi were Hitting out at the BJP for not even taken into confidence 29 M.Sc degrees were awarded hubs of vibrant intellectual pur- ignored in distribution of tick- ignoring Advani who made the before distributing the tickets. by the Vice President on the suit," he said. While it accounts ets, Banerjee said “BJP is a BJP what it was today she said On whether the party occasion. "The education system for less than a fifth of the GDP, party that does not respect its “Advani was the actual mentor patriarch should quit the party should be reoriented by moving agriculture still remains the veterans,” wondering those for BJP. They have forgotten old Banerjee said, it would not look away from the colonial mindset; main source of employment for who did not pay adequate days because of the new crop nice. “He is a leader respected it must teach history in an Vice President Venkiah Naidu is flanked by Director IGIDR Mahendra Dev as he felicitates gold medal winner student Madhulika nearly half of Indias labour respect to the veterans were of leaders. But old is gold. It is in the party and has been there objective manner as it actually Ganguly during the 16th convocation of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research in Mumbai on Tuesday PTI force, he said. PTI well bred. an insult to him.” from the beginning.” LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 nation 07

BJP candidate 6 people die of BJP ally MGP cites ‘conspiracy', asks cadres to Five more held threatens to quit Goa Govt shoot booth asphyxiation capturers in chest in Gurugram Panaji: The Maharashtrawadi Sudin Dhavalikar. Kolkata: Senior West Bengal Gomantak Party, support of "Any attempt to disturb our BJP leader Sayantan Basu on whose three MLAs is crucial for MLAs will be viewed seriously Tuesday courted controversy violence case the stability of BJP-led dispen- and we won't mind pulling out by asking party cadres to shoot near Chennai STAFF REPORTER n sation in Goa, on Tuesday said of the Government," he said. those who would try to capture the family said their children a "conspiracy" was being On being queried about booths during the coming Lok GURUGRAM are in a state of shock they hatched by "our rivals" that whether the option of the Sabha polls. have stopped sending their might force it to move out and aligning with the opposition "If you notice goons trying he police on Tuesday arrest- children to school. "Four of my align with the Congress to Congress was open to the to capture booths, shoot them. Ted five more persons in children attend the govern- form a new Government. MGP, Dhavalikar replied in the Don't aim at their legs, shoot connection with the March 21 ment school close by, but we The party has three MLAs affirmative. them in the chest," Basu said attack on a family belonging to have not sent them there since in the 40-Member Goa legislative affairs of the party," After the demise of while addressing a rally at the minority community in Thursday. "Our children usu- Assembly and its senior leader Dhavalikar said. Manohar Parrikar, BJP's Basirhat. Gurugram's Dhamaspur vil- ally play with others from the and Marcaim legislator Sudin He said his party was the Pramod Sawant took over as Basu, state BJP general lage. Police have arrested 10 neighbourhood. They go to Dhavalikar is the Deputy Chief state's oldest regional outfit Chief Minister. He heads a secretary, is the party candidate persons in this regard and more each other's homes. But since Minister in the Pramod Sawant but some sections were coalition Government com- from Basirhat Lok Sabha con- people are likely to be arrested. this incident, we've been keep- Government. opposed to its growth. prising the MGP, the Goa stituency. The arrested accused persons ing our kids indoors," said Speaking to PTI, MGP Mamlatdar had last week Forward Party (GFP) and three Referring to the violence have been identified as Anil Sajid. Representational image president Dipak Dhavalikar written a letter to the governor Independent MLAs during last year's panchayat (33), Gaurav (23), Pradeep (28), Sajid's nephew Dilshad, alleged one of his party's offi- and Assembly speaker stating Sawant faced vote of con- polls in West Bengal, Basu said Lalit (27) and Rohit (26) all are who is also the complainant in Chennai: Six people, including The bodies have been cer-bearers was "made to issue he was the sole authority in the fidence during which his gov- the Trinamool Congress residents of Bhondsi village. the case, has not returned to three of a family, died of taken to the general hospital, a letter" to the Governor and MGP to communicate party ernment garnered the support should not think of rigging the The "mastermind" of the attack, work for the same reason. asphyxiation at Sriperumbudur Sriperumbudur, for an autop- speaker declaring authority decisions to them. of 20 MLAs: 11 from the BJP, polls, as elections will be held Mahesh Kumar (25) was arrest- "We hope that the rest near here Tuesday while they sy, they said. over entire legislative affairs of Following the letter, the three each from MGP and under the supervision of the ed earlier. Dhirender, alias of the accused persons will were cleaning a septic tank, According to a senior Fire the outfit. MGP had expelled Mamlatdar. GFP, three independents. Election Commission with Dhire, and Amit were arrested be brought to justice soon," police said. and Rescue Services official Dhavalikar said the MGP Talking about Wednesday's Fifteen MLAs — 14 from con- central forces patrolling the on Sunday, while Dharmender he said. On March 21, a mob Krishnamurthy (53) and who was involved in the rescue central committee would meet party meeting to discuss this gress and one from NCP — streets. and Sunil were nabbed on had attacked the two-storey his two sons Kannan (23) and operation, Krishnamurthy and on Wednesday to chalk out its issue, Dhavalikar said, "We voted against his Government. Reacting to Basu's state- Monday. All are residents of the house of a man belonging to a Karthik (21) were cleaning the his two sons were cleaning the future course of action, which, might take certain resolutions The support of three MGP ment, senior TMC leader and district's Naya Gaon village. minority community after a tank in their apartment when tank and shortly afterwards he claimed, can decide the fate in the central committee meet- MLAs is crucial as without minister Jyotipriyo Mullick Sunil has been a history-sheeter, dispute over a cricket match. the incident occurred, the there was no response from of the State Government. ing which can have bearing on them the strength of the coali- said the party would inform he was jailed twice for brawls in They barged into the police said. them. "There is a larger conspir- the stability of the Government tion government will reduce to the Election Commission and 2014 and 2016. house of the victim, The other three victims - Then, Paramasivam, acy under which one of our led by Pramod Sawant." 17 in the house. The magic fig- urge it to take steps against "Two cases were regis- identified as Mohammad Paramasivam and Suradha Suradha and Lakshmikanth senior officer bearers, general He alleged moves were ure in the 40-member assem- him. "The BJP is trying to viti- tered against Anil in the past Sajid alias Shamshad, and were living in the same apart- went into the tank and they too secretary Lavoo Mamlatdar, afoot by his rivals to wean away bly, the strength of which has ate the poll atmosphere by at the Badshahpur police sta- beat up his family. The mob ment while Lakshmikanth was died after inhaling the poiso- was made to issue a letter to the MGP MLAs Manohar been reduced to 36 following making such provocative state- tion. The police are conduct- ordered the family to go to a member of the public who nous gas, the official said. Governor and speaker, in Ajgaonkar and Dipak resignations of two MLAs and ments. The EC should take ing raids to arrest other sus- Pakistan. Swaraj India presi- offered his help and also lost his A case has been registered which he stated that he was tak- Pawaskar, and in the process demise of two including action against him," Mullick pects. Further probe is under- dent Yogendra Yadav, who life, police told PTI. and an investigation on. PTI ing over the entire authority on isolate Deputy Chief Minister Parrikar, is 18 as of now. PTI said. PTI way," said Himanshu Garg, visited the family on Monday, DCP (South). Five days after condemned the attack on a mob barged into the home of the family and said, "This type Mohammad Sajid in of violence can only Candidate turns up Gurugram's Dhamaspur vil- happen when attackers have Pawar slams PM over stolen Rafale papers lage and beat up him and his full reassurance that whatev- family members, allegedly er we do, nobody will confront TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Court during the hearing on a absolutely no experience in after demonetisation, 15 lakh drunk to file nomination telling them to go to Pakistan, them." review petition in Rafale air- the manufacture of aircraft?,” people lost their jobs. “After the argetting Prime Minister craft purchase case. (It may be the NCP chief asked. demonetisation, only Modi TNarendra Modi over Rafale recalled that three days after Coming down heavily on knows where has the black in dry Bihar, held CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 scam, NCP chief Sharad Pawar making submission before the the Modi Government for money gone. We know that on Tuesday wondered as to how Supreme Court about the theft “politicising” Pulwama terror more than 15 lakh people lost could one expect Modi to pro- of Rafale papers, Venugopal attack and subsequent IAF air their jobs. After the introduc- Purnea (Bihar): A candidate alcohol and, subsequently, sent SHEILA PLANS... RAVI SHANKAR... tect the country when he could had reneged on his earlier strikes on terror camps in tion of GST, lakhs of traders who appeared to file nomina- to jail after being booked for Former Minister and four As supporters of Prasad not keep classified documents claim and said that the peti- Pakistan, Pawar said: “All polit- suffered. ... The Modi govern- tions for Purnea Lok Sabha seat violating the prohibition law, times MLA Haroon Yusuf said and Sinha shoved each other in the Government “safe”. tioners had used “photocopies ical parties supported the ment promised adequate price on Tuesday ended up behind Shailendran said. the Congress has taken a big and exchanged blows, they Addressing an election of the original” papers, deemed Government over the stand for agriculture produce. bars as he was found to be In April, 2016 the Nitish initiative to address the were quelled by security per- rally at Parbhani in secret by the Government). taken by it in the wake of Neither did the Government drunk, in violation of the ban on Kumar government in Bihar demand of “Roti, Kapada and sonnel deployed at the airport, Marathwada region, Pawar Pawar also charged Prime Pulwama terror attack. give increased MSP to farmers sale and consumption of alco- had imposed complete ban on Makan” by announcing the though it was not known if any said: “Here’s a Prime Minister Minister Narendra Modi had Following international pres- nor did it waive the farm loans” hol in Bihar. sale and consumption of alco- move. Congress working pres- of them were detained. who cannot keep the classified purchased Rafale aircraft worth sure, Pakistan released Wing Alluding severe drought Election Observer M hol, a move which has met with ident Rajesh Lilothia also hit Sinha is the founder of a information safe in his `550 each at `1660 crore just to Commander Abhinandan. prevailing in the State, Pawar Shailendran said Independent both adulation as well as disap- back at Aam Aadmi Party prominent private security Government. How can you help his industrialist friend When India could seek and said: “There is acute shortage candidate Rajiv Kumar Singh, a proval from different quarters. (AAP) which termed Gandhi’s provider in the country and expect Modi to defend or pro- Anil Ambani. “We have three obtain the release Wing of water in drought-hit areas. resident of Bhagalpur district, Altogether 17 people have announcement as a “Jumla”, belongs to Kayastha commu- tect the country?”. government companies that Commander Abhinandan, why There are no fodder sheds for stank of liquor when he reached filed their nominations for saying that what happened to nity, to which Prasad and Pawar was referring to the are involved in the aircraft did 56-inch chest make a sim- cattle. The farmers have been the collectorate in this north Purnea Lok Sabha seat where the ruling party promise of Shatrughan Sinha also belong. submission about the theft of manufacture. Why did the ilar attempt to seek the release neglected totally. We will not Bihar district for submitting his votes will be cast in the second installing CCTV cameras in the An office-bearer of the classified documents relating to Modi government ensure that of Kulbhushan Jadhav?” allow this government to papers. phase of elections on April 18. Capital. Pointing out the report Akhil Bharatiya Kayastha the Rafale aircraft purchase Rafale-related contract was Slamming the Modi gov- remain in power. Let’s throw He was made to undergo Out of them, 11 had sub- of ‘Economic Survey 2016-17’, Mahasabha had recently come made by Attorney General KK given to the Anil Ambani- ernment for its failure on var- this BJP government out in the breath analyzer tests which con- mitted their papers on the last Lilothia said according to it out with a statement saying Venugopal before the Supreme owned company which has ious fronts, Pawar said that Lok Sabha polls”. firmed that he had consumed date on Tuesday. PTI India under the Congress rule that the community which has had reduced poverty drastical- remained steadfast with the ly. He claimed by citing the BJP post-Mandal would not report that poverty came down vote for Prasad and that only to 22 per cent in 2011-12 R K Sinha was acceptable to it BJP made offers to me, my which was 70 per cent during as a candidate. Shatrughan Independence. Sinha, who is completing his “With the path-breaking second consecutive Lok Sabha scheme, the Congress will erad- term, is expected to be field- daughter: Sushil Kumar icate the remaining 20 per ed as a candidate of the oppo- cent poverty from the country. sition “Mahagathbandhan” TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI Maharashtra — said that a ination to contest the In place of “Chai Pe Charcha”, comprising RJD, Congress and senior BJP leader of his stature Lok Sabha polls on a Congress a new programme “Aay Pe other smaller parties. eteran Congress leader and had “approached” his daughter ticket, Shinde said: “There Charcha” will be launched Vformer Union Home Praniti first and later him with is absolutely no question of which has been appreciated by BJP PITS... Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde an “offer” to join the principal our leaving the Congress. all,” he said. Rahul on Monday Maneka has shifted to on Tuesday created a stir in the ruling party in the State and at We will not be swayed by this in a lucrative poll promise Sultanpur making way for Maharashtra political circles, by the Centre. kind of allurements of the BJP. announced that Rs 72,000 per Varun, his son and sitting MP claiming that the BJP had tried “The BJP leader concerned We are both committed year will be given as minimum from Sultanpur, from her cur- to “poach” him and his MLA- approached my daughter Congress workers and will income to poor families if his rent constituency of Pilibhit. daughter Praniti Shinde Praniti first with an offer to join continue to remain so till our party is voted to power in Lok Pilibhit is a pocket borough of srecently. his party. The same leader, last breath". Sabha polls. Rahul also said it Maneka from where she has Interacting with a televi- who is of my seniority and Seventy-seven-year-old will be the “final assault” on won six times. sion channel, Shinde — who stature, made a similar offer to Shinde, however, refused to poverty as 20 per cent or five The Lok Sabha candidates has been re-nominated by the me subsequently to join the identify the BJP leader who had crore families belonging to the announced on Tuesday Congress to contest the Lok BJP. But, both of us bluntly “approached” him and legisla- poorest category with month- include names of UP Ministers BJP candidate and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grand-nephew, Chandra Kumar Bose, holds a child as he interacts with Sabha polls from his home con- refused,” Shinde said. tor-daughter Praniti to join ly income less than Rs 12,000 including Pachuri and locals on the 1st day of his election campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Kolkata on Tuesday PTI stituency of Solapur in western A day after he filed nom- the BJP. would come under the scheme. Bahuguna. BJP MP Hema Malini Farooq Abdullah files 2 children die in Delhi house blaze a billionaire, nomination papers for STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI wo minors died due to suf- Tfocation after fire broke discloses her affidavit Srinagar Lok Sabha seat out on the first floor of their four-storey building in Abul Mathura: Fighting for the filing her nomination as Lok Says no idea of from Srinagar Lok Sabha seat Fazal Enclave of South-East Mathura Lok Sabha seat on a Sabha candidate from the since 2009. Delhi at 1 pm on Tuesday. BJP ticket, the sitting MP and Mathura parliamentary con- his wife’s assets Since it is mandatory for The deceased were identi- film actor Hema Malini is a bil- stituency. every contesting candidate to fied as house owner Ehsaan’s lonaire with the value of her The affidavit, accompa- declare details of movable and daughter Aisha (6) and his assets having increased by a nied by her income tax returns MOHIT KANDHARI n JAMMU immovable assets and cash in nephew Ziyad (5). Ehsaan whopping `34.46 crore in the for the last five years, reveals hand against the name of spouse runs a furniture showroom in last five years, discloses an that the couple earned `10 t 83 years of age, National and dependants at the time of the basement and ground floor affidavit filed by her with the crore each during the last five AConference president and filing nomination papers Dr of the building. Police said poll panel. years. former Member of Parliament, Abdullah is also religiously fol- short circuit behind the fire The affidavit shows Hema In her IT returns, Hema Dr Farooq Abdullah, is 'appar- lowing the practice. incident. Malini presently owns total Malini has shown an income of ently' taking Election In his latest affidavit, Dr "A police control room wealth including bungalows, `15.93 lakh in 2013-14 against Commission of India (ECI) for Abdullah declared, " he owns received a call about fire in a jewelleries, cash, jewelleries, that of over `1.19 crore in a ride by repeatedly doing 'cut, movable assets to the tune of building in Abul Fazal enclave. shares and term deposits worth 2017-18. copy, paste job and getting away `10.6 crore and total worth of A police team that had reached over `101 crore, while five The affidavit shows her easily too while hiding factual his immovable assets is `10.68 the spot and found the two years ago before the 2014 gen- income to be `3.12 crore in details of movable/immovable crore. According to the affidavit, children were injured and they eral elections, her total assets 2014-15, `1.19 crore in 2015- assets of his wife. "charges in the case related to were immediately shifted to the had been valued at nearly `66 16 and `4.30 crore in 2016-17. On Monday, when Dr criminal conspiracy for misap- nearby Holi Family Hospital, crore. Thus, as per the affidavit, Abdullah filed his nomination propriation of JKCA funds are said Chinmoy Biswal, the The value of her actor-hus- the yesteryears' 'Dream Girl' papers ahead of contesting yet to be framed". Deputy Commissioner of band Dharmendra Singh earned over `9.87 crore, and Srinagar-Budgam But close scrutiny of affi- Police (DCP), South-East Deol's assets grew to `12.30 her 'he-man' husband nearly Parliamentary seat, fourth time davits submitted by him since district adding that the crore during the corresponding `9.73 crore in last five years. in a row, he once again declared 2008 clearly reveals he is children succumbed to their period, according to Hema The affidavit disclosed that in his affidavit, "since my spouse 'apparently' misleading the injuries during the treatment at the blaze had engulfed the about thefire at around 1.30 "The building's first floor Malini's affidavit, detailing her Hema Malini has two cars, is in London from April 1990, election commission of India hospital. "Some women mem- stairs and they could not be res- PM. "After the call six fire ten- was completely burnt but the assets and liabilities along with including a Mercedes bought I have no knowledge about her by giving a standard reply that bers of the family were present cued on time," said a police ders, four ambulances and one fire tenders managed to control those of her spouse. for `33.62 lakh in 2011. The assets in London (U.K). his wife is away in London at the time of incident and were official privy to investigation. vehicle of District Disaster the fire on the second floor and The affidavit was submit- other car is a Toyota that, she However, she has no property in from April 1990. I have no rescued by the police team According to a senior offi- Management Authority rescued people living on the ted by her to the Election said, she bought for `4.75 lakh J&K (India)". knowledge about her assets in and locals. But the two children cial of Delhi Fire Services (DDMA) were rushed to the second and third floors," said Commission of India while in 2005. PTI Dr Abdullah is contesting London (U.K). got trapped on second floor as (DFS), a call was received spot," said a senior DFS official. the DFS official. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 op nion 08 www.dailypioneer.com facebook.com/dailypioneer | @TheDailyPioneer | instagram.com/dailypioneer/ PAPER WITH PASSION Vote guarantee scheme Rahul Gandhi’s pledge to give `6,000 a month has to have Don’t politicise forces sound logic or could look like a vote-grabbing exercise orty years ago, Rahul Gandhi’s grand- mother made ‘Garibi Hatao’ (remove A professional, secular and apolitical military is being utilised for electoral gains of Fpoverty) the centrepiece of her poll campaign. India was a horrendously poor the ruling establishment. Questioning it and the Government is kosher country after decades of failed socialist eco- nomics and it was believed that the only way to drastically reduce the poverty rate was through a system of handouts. So unsurprisingly, some are mocking Rahul Gandhi’s promise of giving `6,000 per month to India’s poorest 50 million house- holds as a sort of income guarantee to ASHOK K MEHTA make up for the failure of 40 years of eco- nomic development, which it is, though f the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Gandhi and the Congress are not alone in adopting the handout culture. Several (BJP) returns to power two months of Narendra Modi’s flagship schemes are handouts too and other State from now, piggybacking the armed forces, one central fact will be Governments run all sorts of cash subsidy schemes. But nothing has ever come eminently clear: The optics of a close to the scale of Gandhi’s proposed scheme which, at almost four lakh crore, Ipowerful military with high morale will account for almost three per cent of India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). belies the ground reality. The Government has misled the country on Apparently this scheme for social equity and justice — lovingly called NYAY — defence modernisation and preparedness has been thought up by several noted economists but will it work? through high-decibel claims and self- That is a million dollar, rather a multi-billion dollar question. If this plan super- praise for its devotion to the soldier. Never before has any Government milked sedes several other schemes and is driven by an Aadhaar-based direct-bene- the success of military operations for fits model, it might hold. For one, if this replaces existing programmes, cuts down political and electoral gains as the pre- on routine subsidies and becomes a single poverty-benefit driven one, it might sent one and successfully politicised the armed forces. The creation by it of even end up saving some money. Additionally, it will dramatically reduce the bureau- nationalist sentiment and allied jingoism cracy required to administer, implement and monitor the relief package on the through coopting sections of the print ground. But for all these to happen, the fiscal burden needs to be absorbed and and electronic media and their armies of that can only happen if the GDP grows at about 7.5 per cent a year and produces supporters and cheerleaders has divert- ed the focus of elections from Achche Din commensurate tax and non-tax revenues. Other challenges lie in setting a tem- and Sabka Saath, SabkaVikas to nation- plate to identify the socio-economic strata considering there are too many vari- al security and taking the mickey out of ables in a country like India. For without percolation, this would vapourise into Pakistan. Last Sunday, the BJP launched a blitz thin air. Besides, executing what Gandhi calls a “surgical strike” on poverty might of victory rallies in Uttar Pradesh, pitch- involve cutting expenditure for other schemes and those related to the social sec- ing the forthcoming elections as a means tor are usually the first to face the axe. Can we afford compromises in spending of rooting out terrorism and defeating Pakistan. Citing Balakot air strikes as the on public health and education? Undoubtedly, Gandhi is hoping to take advan- Government’s “befitting reply for tage of several steps taken by the Modi government, notably the Jan Dhan Yojana Pulwama”, its leaders said that only a This is the great irony as the Modi ital account. The interim budget present- Marshal BS Dhanoa had to. and increased digitisation. But there have to be measures put in place to ensure Government led by the charismatic and Government apparently attaches minus- ed this year by acting Finance Minister The armed forces have been succes- decisive leader, Narendra Modi, could cule importance to the Defence portfo- Piyush Goyal earmarked the lowest sively short-changed by the once in 10 that the beneficiaries do not develop a dependency on the State and should be guarantee the country’s defence and lio, posting four Ministers in five years. amount in memory for modernisation years Pay Commissions. The last Seventh weaned off as soon as possible, maybe after a few years, to make sure that security. Part II of this self-congratula- The last of these, Nirmala Sitharaman, is with the staple byline, “more funds will Pay Commission was no exception even they do not live lazily and try and look for methods of self-improvement and employ- tory boast is the caustic criticism of a first-time MP, who has spent her be provided if required.” At a national as roll-on anomalies have piled up. Opposition parties, mainly the Rahul prime-time defending Modi on Rafale in security conclave last month, Jaitley said Service Chiefs were denied a meeting ment. For without job creation, a dole economy serves no purpose whatsoev- Gandhi-led Congress, for questioning the and outside Parliament, whereas tradi- that hike in modernisation funding will with Modi on Seventh Pay Commission er. As it is, joblessness is currently on record highs and there is lacuna in train- Government and the Indian armed forces tionally, the Defence Minister is invari- depend on paying off committed liabil- and on One Rank One Pension earlier. ing our youth to be industry-ready with routine skilling failing to get the desired on their claims of targetting, damage ably a political heavyweight. Union ities and that any increase would be con- The then Defence Secretary Mohan assessment and casualties. Balakot has Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was twice tingent on income from widening the tax Kumar did not endorse the military’s results. So this will not be an easy promise to deliver on. First, Gandhi has to become the magic wand for winning the a part-time Defence Minister and is not net. This year’s allocation may fall short request to reconsider their case for Non win the election. Modi had in 2014 promised `15 lakh in the account of every Lok Sabha polls. known to be terribly sympathetic towards of even accounting for committed liabil- Functional Upgrade (NFU), which about Indian but that never came to fruition. However, there is still a chance that he In 2016, following the Uri terrorist the military. The most effective and com- ities. Still, BJP president Amit Shah 60 A group services receive. Now the strike, modest ground surgical strikes mitted was the late Manohar Parrikar raved about the current defence budget Central Government has opposed in the competitively implements or promises something similar in his campaign. were magnified to being the silver bul- whose pledge to appoint the Chief of as a milestone having crossed the `3 lakh Supreme Court an Armed Forces let for ending cross-border terrorism and, Defence Staff (CDS) was unfortunately crore mark, more than 70 per cent of Tribunal order, asking it to include the therefore, employed liberally to show- killed by the Prime Minister’s Office. This which is revenue expenditure. armed forces in NFU. This has serious case the Government’s determination to coupled with the musical chairs in the The true reflection of the state of implications for status, parity and pay teach Pakistan a lesson. They were cited Defence Ministry allowed National defence funding and operational readi- grade and is one issue hurting the morale River sutra extravagantly to win the Assembly elec- Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval to ness was provided by the BJP’s own chair- of the military. So much for Balakot’s tions in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, to become de facto CDS and also interfere man of the parliamentary standing com- surge in nationalism and the A study rules out Kailash Mansarovar as a source of the name just a few. Banners and posters in key issues of the Ministry like Rafale. mittee on defence, Maj Gen BC Government putting the soldier on a using serving Army officers’ pictures Policeman Doval is the first NSA to Khanduri, who rated defence allocation pedestal. India’s military is overly obedi- Ganga but does that really affect our faith in it? alongside Government leaders politicised become directly involved in planning and of 1.5 per cent of GDP as “disabling war ent with high tolerance threshold in civil- oes the Ganga, the river that holds our the military. Surgical strikes were liber- conduct of operations, notably Pathankot, preparedness.” His blunt inference led to military relations. Service chiefs have not civilisational faith and pride, become ally replayed to deify the BJP leadership, which is in the remit of a military pro- his removal and replacement by party taken an issue-based stand individually principally Prime Minister Modi. The fessional. His appointment as Chairman veteran Kalraj Mishra. Just as well that or collectively. Dany less significant because science Army’s resolute stand at Doklam was also of Defence Planning Committee is anoth- Balakot did not escalate into a short and A professional, secular and apolitical shows that its origins are far removed from appropriated by the Government as its er first and needless padding to planning. intense conventional war as ammunition, military is being progressively politicised Kailash Mansarovar? Hindu religious texts own dogged action of thwarting China The Doval empire is enviable. tank, artillery and night-fighting equip- and utilised for advancing electoral in its attempt to present Bhutan and India Under Jaitley, defence funding etched ment inventories are critically hollow, not prospects of the ruling establishment in believe that the Ganga descended from the with a fait accompli. In all the three mil- an interesting trajectory. After his second to mention the plummeting decline in Air the guise of promoting nationalism. locks of Shiva, and therefore, has a connec- itary operations — Operation Surgical budget, his reasoning for limited capital Force squadrons from the authorised 42 Questioning the military and the tion with his seat of divinity, Kailash Strikes, Operation Juniper and Operation funding for modernisation was that the to below 30 squadrons, actually around Government on this is kosher. Balakot — the Army and IAF came out military is unable to spend even what lit- 26 squadrons (Air Chief Marshal AY (The writer is a retired Major General Mansarovar. And though the river is seen as winners but it was the Government tle is allotted. The following year, Jaitley Tipnis at last month’s security conclave). of the Indian Army and founder member emerging from Gomukh or the snout of the which super-imposed the “lotus” on changed tack, saying that actually, he did No Service Chief should have to say “we of the Defence Planning Staff, currently the Gangotri glacier, long considered its source, them. not have the money to increase the cap- will fight with what we have” as Air Chief revamped Integrated Defence Staff) over the years perception had gained ground that the two disparate water systems S O U N D BITE — the one fed by the glacier and the other by the Mansarovar lake — were linked somehow. This gained credence despite the over 200 km distance between them Instead of Amethi, It is important to find voice The danger is not over. The Knowledge is going to be the Congress president and style. You can start by situation will remain tense driver of the Indian economy and the Himalayan gorges and peaks separating them. An investigation by sci- Rahul Gandhi should feeling inspired, but eventu- till forthcoming elections in and will play a vital role in entists of the Roorkee-based National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) has merely go to Pakistan. His real ally, with experience, you India. We are prepared to improving the living condi- confirmed what logic has long determined, that there is no connectivity between supporters are there. find your own voice. avert any aggression. tions of people. the two water systems. Now that scientists have found that there were signifi- BJP leader Singer Pakistan Prime Minister Vice President cant variations in isotopic and physiochemical properties of the water collect- —Kedar Kashyap —Shreya Ghoshal —Imran Khan —Venkaiah Naidu ed from the two sites, suggesting no possibility of surface or sub-surface con- nectivity between the two, Gangotri continues to be the source of the river. Unless, there is a far-fetched link traced through the Ghaghara river, a tributary of the L E T T E R S T O T H E EDITOR Ganga, which could have flowed out of the Mansarovar lake. Of course, going by geological history before the continental drift, there was a huge Indo-Siwalik Rescue aviation sector IBC route bodes well river flowing which is believed to have broken into various water systems of the Stand up against half-truth and fake news Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra and the lakes with the push of the fold mountain Sir — This refers to the article, he importance of dissemination of authentic informa- Sir — This refers to the article, system of the Himalayas. Beyond the science, celebrated Hindu scholars too “Flying with a broken wing” (March tion cannot be over-emphasised, more so during an “Flying with a broken wing” have never made much of the Mansarovar link, claiming Shiva, being the omni- 26) by Kushan Mitra. Undoubtedly, Telection season. Posts that have no basis and pho- (March 26) by Kushan Mitra. scient one, did not need to be at Mount Kailash to hold Ganga in his locks and Jet Airways was in a better condi- tographs that have no fidelity to the issue under debate Lenders don’t seem to have tion than Air India. While the lat- are ‘shared’ and ‘liked’ by millions. People tend to believe learnt from the Kingfisher fias- could have manifested himself anywhere. They insist that the myth was just a ter’s net loss stood at `5,765 crore ‘news’ they want to be true. But the harm to public dis- co and infused `1,500 crore metaphor and Shiva’s dreadlocks could mean the rugged ridges and cliffs of in 2017, the former’s net profit was course is incalculable. Fake news poses a great challenge into Jet Airways. Ideally, Naresh the Himalayas, considering he was perched on Kailash. `438 crore during the same period. to our democracy. Fake content is not difficult to detect Goyal should have allowed a bet- Besides, Jet was also ahead of Air as it is often presented blatantly and not subtly. Still peo- ter and financially sound man- Clearly, belief systems are not ruffled by the scientific discovery, which India in operational indices and ple suspend disbelief and accept ‘foul’ as ‘fair’ for the sat- agement to run his company has actually refuted claims by China as well as some foreign scientists that could fly more passengers than the isfaction of having done their bit for the pendulum of pub- credit and malign political opponents rather than to shore rather than playing with the the Ganga did emanate from Mansarovar lake. China has for long been trying national carrier despite having a lic opinion to swing to their ‘side’. Given the ubiquity and up support for contestants. Worse, it is done to pigeon- career of the more than 23,000 smaller fleet size of 124 aircraft as reach of the social media, tech-savvy whizzes are roped hole whole blocs of people as ‘us-and-them’ and stoke employees. to claim supremacy of ownership of headwaters, particularly in the Tibetan compared to 163 of the latter. If the in to canvass for votes online. Facebook, Twitter and Google hatred. The social media alone is not to be blamed. Lenders seem to believe that plateau, which is considered the water sink of the world. It has been harness- Government has been patient with have become platforms for fighting part of the electoral Electronic media, too, stinks of fake news/disinformation. it’s better to explore revival of the ing hydropower through dams and manipulating catchment areas by re-engi- Air India, taking care of the gaps in battles. It is perfectly legitimate to do the online campaign The protection of the sanctity of elections is a sine qua company than take the its operational funding, it can at least focussing on matters of public import and ideologies and non for upholding democracy. Insolvency and Bankruptcy neering flow patterns. Climate surveys project that major rivers running off the be pragmatic with other airlines. policies and programmes of parties. G David Milton Code (IBC) route. Though the Himalayas, after increasing flows as glaciers melt, could lose 10-20 per cent Given a nascent market for Tier In other words, fake news is posted in order to dis- Maruthancode IBC may not be the perfect and of their flow by 2050, thereby resulting in water wars. Half of India’s water is II and III connectivity under Udan, only solution, in the current cir- linked to China, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra in particular. Adding Ganga to uncertain fuel pricing and unsteady cumstances, it is the best alter- global economy, airlines had to nec- Defeat writ on the wall vote share or potential to win the Congress candidate to contest native for the lenders. that list would have given it an edge in its water diplomacy, had it been linked essarily negotiate turbulence, which seats. It is unfortunate that in the the Sivaganga constituency. The Reserve Bank of India to the Mansarovar lake located in Tibet. Over the last few years, China has ought to have been factored in forthcoming crucial elections Sudarshana Nachiappan, (RBI) has been sensitive in its been increasing control over cross-border water resources and hoping to use while dealing with their loan Sir — It is unfortunate that the to the Lok Sabha, too, the grand one of the most deserving can- approach to ensure lenders get defaults. Surely, the Government’s Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam old party has taken 10 seats from didates who was assured of his their money back on time and this precious resource of the earth in its negotiations with riparian neighbours. intention is not to take the scrap (DMK) is destined to carry the the DMK, representing 25 per candidacy by the high com- any promoter with bad inten- Diplomacy apart, what we indeed should worry about is that Gaumukh, which dealer route to the likes of IBC but Congress as an albatross around cent of the total constituencies. mand till late last night, has tions get the stick. has developed cracks, and the Gangotri glacier, which is receding steadily, may to facilitate a speedy restoration of its neck every time there is an There are reports that there accused P Chidambaram for Bal Govind a vital sector poised to be the third election in the State or at the is a lot of resentment in the this last minute change in favour Noida end up drying out the river. Oxygen levels are already dipping downstream largest after the US and China. Centre. The Congress demands selection of Karti Chidambaram, of his son. because of the pollutant overload and if we indeed want to renew our faith in R Narayanan seats disproportionate to its eli- against whom many criminal Anna Mary Yvonne Send your feedback to: our lifeline, we need to clean up and save it first. Navi Mumbai gibility in terms of the party’s cases are pending, as the Chennai [email protected] LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 analysis 09 www.dailypioneer.com FIRSTCOLUMN Endless dilemma POINTCOUNTERPOINT AFTER WATCHING THE PURPORTED TAPE ON THE ‘FAKERY CARAVAN' OF THE CONGRESS over the big C DEMONETISATION, THE NATION HAS TO DECIDE WHO CONTINUES TO MOVE. WHEN THERE ARE NO REAL IS CHOR (THIEF) AND WHO IS CHOWKIDAR (GUARD). ISSUES, RELY ON FAKERY. There is a lot more that needs to be done to improve —CONGRESS LEADER —UNION MINISTER outcomes of rare cancers. Diagnostic accuracy, better KAPIL SIBAL ARUN JAITLEY treatment and prognosis are the need of the hour Resist hostile takeovers SAMEER RASTOGI It is prudent for a company to devise relevant defences from the very he Indian healthcare system has markedly improved in the last few years. However, one of the areas where it incorporation of business and keep away predators Tlacks is judicious treatment of rare cancers. The prob- lem with this disease is multi-faceted and has many aspects to it. The conundrum in India begins with the lack of a cor- rect definition for it. Then comes other issues such as diffi- culty in diagnosis, absence of registries, dearth of experts and the lack of data and newer drugs, approved as orphan drug elsewhere. All of these factors lead to poor outcomes. This disease may be rare individually, but collectively, the var- ied manifestations constitute almost 20 per cent of all can- cers. Thus, they cannot be ignored. There is no universally adopted definition for rare can- cers. The National Cancer Institute, the US, definition is fewer than 15 cases per 100,000 people per year. A consortium HIMA BINDU KOTA from the European Union defined rare cancers as those with fewer than six cases per 100,000 people per year. Rare can- he ongoing attempt by L& T Infotech, to buy cer definition or subtypes can’t be copied from any country. a controlling stake in Mindtree, has been met To cite an example, though melanoma may be a very rare Twith stiff resistance by its founders and cancer in our country, in Australia and the US, it is a com- employees. L&T has already bought 20.3 per cent stake in Mindtree by paying over its long-term mon cancer. investor, VG Siddhartha of Café Coffee Day. As Similarly, there are a few expert centres for diagnosis and required by the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of treatment of rare diseases like sarcoma, thyroid cancer, Shares and Takeover) Regulations, the infrastruc- melanoma and neuroendocrine tumors. There are many diag- ture giant has already announced an open offer to nostic investigations that are routinely done in many coun- buy 31 per cent stake, in addition to picking up 15 tries but are not available in India as the focus on rare can- per cent of the shares through an open market pur- THERE ARE cers is less. Apart from investigations, even first line drugs chase, making a stake of 66.32 per cent in Mindtree. NUMEROUS WAYS for diseases like melanoma and thyroid cancer are not avail- A ‘hostile takeover’ is the acquisition of one THAT ARE able in India. This leads to severe frustration among doctors company, known as the target firm, by another, FOLLOWED BY and patients. The only option left for patients is to import which is called the ‘acquirer’ and the acquisition is THE ACQUIRING accomplished by going directly to the company’s COMPANIES FOR drugs, which is not a viable option for many. Often, the sit- shareholders or fighting to replace management to uation forces them to buy drugs from grey market, the verac- A HOSTILE get the acquisition approved. This is different from TAKEOVER: ity of which is highly questionable. Further, research for rare a friendly takeover, which is a proposal where a tar- cancers in our country is slow and a majority of data has TOEHOLD get company’s management and board of directors ACQUISITION, come from the developed countries. Reason for this is a lack agree to a merger or acquisition by another firm. of funding for research. There is less incentive for working Since liberalisation, India has seen numerous WHICH IS A on rare cancers and this leads to apathy among researchers. friendly takeovers but hostile acquisitions have been PURCHASE OF From a patient’s perspective, there are no specific guide- few and far between. THE TARGET’S company’s operations for years, also part- sions in the target’s certificate of incorpo- Crown jewels are options under lines for expert centres and a majority of them land up hav- In the 1980s, London-based NRI, Swaraj Paul, SHARES ON AN ed with 20 per cent stake after trying to ration or bylaws. which a favoured party can buy a key part ing inadequate or inadvertent treatment in non-expert cen- sought to control the management of two Indian OPEN MARKET; save the firm for four months. Emami paid Golden parachutes are additional of the target at a price that may be less than companies, Escorts Limited and DCM (Delhi Cloth TENDER OFFER, `750 crore to acquire 72 per cent stake in compensation to the target’s top manage- its market value. ters. This leads to poor outcomes and psychological turmoil. Mills) Limited, by picking up their shares from the the firm. ment in case of termination of its employ- White knight is a strategic merger Support groups for them, too, are very few and this leads WHERE AN stock market. Though Paul failed to fulfill his dream ACQUIRER There are numerous ways which are ment following a successful hostile acqui- that does not involve a change of control to a feeling of loneliness during the arduous journey of their of controlling Escorts and DCM, he was success- followed by the acquiring companies for sition. Since these reimbursements and relieves the target’s management of treatment. Lack of guidelines for this disease also leads to OFFERS THE ful in highlighting how particular families were exer- TARGET’S a hostile takeover: Toehold acquisition, decrease the target’s assets, this defence the responsibility to seek best price. difference in opinions from various centres, which leaves the cising managerial control over large corporate enti- which is a purchase of the target’s shares reduces the amount the acquirer is will- White squire is given by the target to patients baffled. Similarly, insurance cover for this disease ties despite holding a minuscule proportion of the SHAREHOLDERS on an open market; tender offer, where ing to pay for the target’s shares. This a friendly party of a certain ownership in poses tremendous problems as patients undergo a hard time concerned company’s shares. Paul finally retracted A BUYOUT an acquirer offers the target’s sharehold- defence may thus harm shareholders. It, the target. This defence is effective against in getting the insurance cover for these lesser-known diseases. his bid. While he was ultimately unsuccessful, Paul’s OPTION AT A ers a buyout option at a premium over the however, effectively deters hostile acquisition by the hostile party of the tar- How can we improve the outcomes? First and foremost, hostile threat sent shockwaves through the other- PREMIUM OVER market price; and proxy fight, a solicita- takeovers. get by “freezing out” minority sharehold- it is of utmost importance to address the above-mentioned wise complacent Indian business world. THE MARKET tion of the shareholders’ proxies to vote Staggered board is a board in which ers. This was followed by India Cements Limited PRICE; AND for insurgent directors. Having decided to only a certain number of directors, usu- Scorched earth is a self-tender offer shortcomings in a systematic manner. Collaboration and data (ICL) in its hostile bid for Raasi Cements acquire a target, the acquire usually deals ally one-third, is re-elected annually. It is by the target that burdens the target with collection/registry for all cancers with equal emphasis on rare PROXY FIGHT, A Limited (RCL) in 1988, where ICL made an open SOLICITATION OF with either of the two main corporate con- a powerful anti-takeover defence, which debt. cancers (which is not the case currently in India) should be offer for RCL shares at `300 per share at the time stituencies of the target: Management or might be stronger than is commonly Lockups are defensive mechanisms the second approach to kick-start the progress in the man- THE when the share price on the stock exchange, SHAREHOLDERS’ shareholders.A possibility or threat of a recognised. For the reason of being too in friendly mergers and acquisitions agement of rare cancers. This will help us define the subset Mumbai (BSE), was around `100. The Indian FIs, hostile takeover causes the target’s board strong and reducing returns to the target’s designed to deter hostile bids. of rare cancers and develop a uniform definition. All tertiary that were protecting the promoters, felt cheated PROXIES TO VOTE to adopt and implement anti-takeover shareholders, the latter happened to resist Pacman is a target’s tender offer for care centres must publish their experience in rare cancers as they sold their stakes, leaving the FIs high and FOR INSURGENT defences. this type of defence. the acquire’s shares. and the challenges faced by them in diagnosis and treatment. dry till they were bought out by ICL in an open DIRECTORS Stock re-purchase is a transaction by Greenmail is a buyout by the target Change of control provisions is the We need to have a consortium/core body soon in order offer. The effort by ICL to buy out Raasi was for the target of its own-issued shares from of its own shares from the hostile acquire target’s contractual arrangement with to channelise the efforts and streamline them. Collaboration its crown jewel, Shri Vishnu Cement. Raju, the its shareholders. This is an effective with a premium over the market price, third parties that burden the target in the promoter of Raasi, transferred 39.5 per cent of defence strategy that has registers success. which results in the acquire's agreement case of a change in its control. must be widespread between NGOs, patients advocates, ter- Shri Vishnu Cement to a group of nine invest- Poison pill is a distribution to the tar- not to pursue obtaining control of the tar- Finally, ‘Just say no’ is a simple tiary cancer institutes, medical colleges and peripheral cen- ment companies, in violation of the takeover code get’s shareholders of the rights to purchase get in the near future. approach that enables the board simply tres with sound referral system. We need indigenous guide- and the transfer was considered invalid. Finally, shares of the target or the merging Standstill agreement is an undertak- to reject a proposal of any potential acquir- lines, keeping in mind the resources available for the diag- ICL sold the shares of Shri Vishnu Cement by the acquire at a substantially reduced price. ing by the acquirer not to grab any more er who would fail to prove that his acqui- nosis and treatment constraints in our country. Similarly, we associate companies of Raju. What triggers an execution of these shares of the target within certain period sition strategy matches that of the target. must spend on patient education resources in vernacular lan- In a third example, in October 2000, Abhishek rights is an acquisition by an acquirer of of time. A standstill agreement is an addi- Like all strategies, some defence strategies guages in order to educate them and help them understand Dalmia made an open offer to acquire 45 per cent a certain percentage of the target’s share- tional defence that usually accompanies are more effective than others and not all the intricacies of rare cancers. Research bodies must keep of the share capital in Gesco Corporation at `23 per holding. If exercised, these rights can con- the greenmail described above. are successful all the time. A golden para- some funding secured for the treatment of rare cancers and share. This transaction entered into a drama of hos- siderably dilute the acquirer’s sharehold- Leveraged recapitalisation is a series chute may decrease the price that the should encourage further studies. tile takeover until the promoters of Gesco corpo- ing in the target and can thus deter a of transactions designed to affect the equi- acquirer would be willing to pay for the Training programmes must be held for doctors to enhance ration and the Dalmia group announced they had takeover. The poison pill is one of the most ty and debt structure of a corporation. target but it may not necessarily stop the reached an amicable settlement in the battle for powerful defences against hostile Recapitalisation usually involves such hostile acquisition. their skills so that pathologists, radiologists and pharmaceu- Gesco, with the former buying out Dalmias’ 10.5 takeovers. transactions as sale of assets, issuance of On the other hand, a poison pill can ticals are also encouraged to bring drugs in India. per cent stake at `54 per share for a total consider- Shark repellents are certain provi- debt and distribution of dividends. easily lose its effect if the acquire wins a Subsequently, they should be given due benefits. Generic ation of `16 crore. The Gesco Corporation takeover sions in the target’s charter or by-laws Leveraged buyout is a purchase of the proxy fight for the target and then brands must get due importance. India should lead the drama showed that a bidder, with admittedly poor deterring an acquirer’s desirability of a hos- target by the management with the use of redeems the pill. Therefore, it is prudent research in rare cancers and should set an example for other financial resources, could talk up a share only to exit tile takeover. This defence typically debt financing. This defence burdens the that a company should consider devising countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan as these coun- later with a huge profit via a negotiated deal. In 2008, involves a supermajority vote requirement target with the debt. In such a case, the relevant anti-takeover defences from the tries have similar epidemiology for cancer. Emami acquired 23.6 per cent stake from Vaidyas, regarding a merger of the target with its management becomes a bidder and com- very incorporation of business. ` (The writer is Assistant Professor, Medical Oncology who are the co-founders of Zandu, at 6,900 per majority shareholder. This defence also petes with a hostile acquire for control over (The writer is Assistant Professor, Department, AIIMS, New Delhi) share. The Parikhs, who have been managing the includes other takeover deterrent provi- the target. Amity University) The fatal game of opportunistic politics FOREIGN EYE The odds of the BJP stealing the narrative from real issues like jobs and farmers’ crisis to build its campaign on the twin planks of nationalism and terrorism are not lost on anyone. The Opposition has a lot of catching up to do to the Congress in the Hindi heartland Rahul Gandhi, is running a sustained come up with a credible and effec- — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and campaign on the Rafale deal for the tive narrative, capitalising on the Chhattisgarh in December last year. past few months but it is not catch- Government’s weaknesses. On the Momentum was gradually shifting ing up. Also, the Congress fell into the other hand, the BJP has been able to from the BJP to the Opposition. An BJP’s trap when it changed the poll determine its agenda by getting upbeat Congress began its campaign narrative to Pulwama and away with its diversionary tactics. with high spirit during the New Year. ‘Chowkidar’ baits instead of focus- Fourth, the BJP has stitched alliances West Bengal Chief Minister ing on bringing the real issues back. in various States, even ceding space Mamata Banerjee and her Delhi coun- The BJP is happy to dwell on to the allies; whereas the Congress is RELEASE IT KALYANI SHANKAR terpart, Arvind Kejriwal, organised two these issues as it diverts attention from still dilly-dallying. impressive rallies to show off other subjects like jobs and agrarian However, the BJP also knows IN FULL ith elections round the corner, Opposition unity in Kolkata and Delhi crisis where the Modi Government that it will be difficult to sustain the the Opposition still seems to respectively. The Opposition became has really not lived up to the expec- Pulwama and Balakot themes for Mr Mueller has produced Wbe groping for a solid and aggressive and the BJP, until six weeks tations. The BJP is going all out with the next two months; though it got a lengthy and complicated cohesive poll narrative against the ago, seemed to be the only respond- the twin planks of ‘nationalism’ and fully projected itself as the party best its latest mass campaign — ‘Main Bhi a big boost to its campaign in the document. Its four-page Modi Government, while the ruling ing to its campaign on Rafale deal ‘terrorism’. All earlier issues like the suited to guard the country against ter- Chowkidar’ and ‘Namumkin ab past few weeks. As time passes, it summary includes some BJP has identified terror and national- rather than setting the agenda. There’s building of the Ram temple in rorism, sponsored by Pakistan. On the Mumkin Hai’, slogans showing Modi would get further diluted. Therefore, ism as its main theme. The Opposition no doubt that last month’s unprece- Ayodhya and triple talaq were pushed ground, each Opposition party has as the supreme leader who can solve the BJP needs a winning narrative. good news for Donald had been concentrating on a basic dented events — Pulwama terror to the backburner. been doing its own campaign. The India’s problems. The BJP hopes to The Opposition, too, needs an effec- Trump about a scandal plank, essentially on livelihood issues. attack, the retaliatory Balakot air Obviously, the BJP has regained the Opposition claims that though there is win the elections mainly on the tive counter-narrative. All these in that has lapped at his It was confident of taking on the strikes, the capture and release of Wing political narrative for the electoral bat- not one single narrative at the nation- weakness of the Opposition, whose an electoral background where there door since he became US Government with issues like jobs, Commander Abhinandan Varthaman tle while the Opposition is still twid- al level, individual parties will campaign much-touted ‘Mahagathbandhan’ at is no ‘hawa’ for or against any party, President. Whether it is all agrarian crisis and demonetisation — by Pakistan — have made ‘security’ and dling its thumbs as to how to bring back on the common theme that the BJP the national level still remains an idea no highly emotional issues, not all of which determine the outcome of ‘terrorism’ the key poll issues, thus the livelihood issues to the forefront as must be removed because of its failure and not a reality; although there are much of anti incumbency against good news for Trump can the polls as it affects the common man. bringing nationalism to the forefront. they cannot criticise the Government on various fronts, including unemploy- State-specific coalitions. Modi and unlike 2014 no ‘Modi only be assessed when However, this was the scenario till The Opposition lost the momen- on intelligence failure beyond a limit. ment and farmers’ issues. “Every party The second is Modi’s presiden- wave’. The results will show who has Mueller’s full report is the Pulwama and Balakot incidents tum it briefly acquired to put the BJP The Opposition is also not doing has to stick to its own platform,” tial style of campaigning. It is Modi the right narrative this time — the made public, and it is happened last month. Also, until then, on the defensive. The saffron party a united campaign at the national level. claimed a Left leader. versus no Opposition face, which can NDA or the UPA. the Opposition was in an advantageous quickly snatched the advantage and The BJP is taking full advantage of its As for the Congress, the princi- limit the Opposition’s chances. Third, (The writer is a senior political com- urgent that it is. position after the BJP lost three States began to build its poll campaign on disunity and appears to have success- pal Opposition party, its president, it is the failure of the Opposition to mentator and syndicated columnist) (The Guardian editorial) LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 avenues 10 QUOTE OF THE DAY The paradox of education is precisely this - that as one begins to become conscious one begins to examine the society in which he is being educated — James Baldwin

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TARUN BHALLA tells you how creators by nature’ he field of robotics is rife with more job opportunities are being cre- Topportunity as it makes headway ated for skilled personnel. right into the heart of India. Slowly Maharashtra is creating the most Start-ups are crucial as they not only contribute towards economic but surely, it’s gaining traction as robotic jobs in India followed close- growth, they bring new jobs as well, says PREET SANDHU robotics becomes an integral part of ly by Karnataka and Telangana. our lives. Look around and you’ll So, all you parents out there can ntrepreneurship plays a vital become an entrepreneur, there’s the supporting jobs in different busi- realise that robots are making human take heart from the fact that this is Erole in the economic growth and one less job seeker within the econ- nesses adds to the native and lives easier and much simpler. From a viable industry which is going from standard of living in the country. As omy, and then you provide employ- regional economic output. restaurants to operation theatres, strength to strength. And this is the a start-up founder or small business ment for multiple other job seekers. nGDP and per Capita income: from nursing homes to classrooms, opportune time to get your kids owner, you may think that you are This kind of job creation by new and India’s MSME sector, comprised of to our homes; robots are slowly but involved in robotics. Inculcate a love working hard to build your own existing businesses is one in all the thirty-six million units that give surely transforming our way of life. for making in them as that will help business and provide for yourself essential goals of economic devel- employment for more than eighty nHow the face of robotics will them explore and search within and your family. But you’re doing an opment. million folks, currently accounts for change in the next five years? themselves whether they’re truly entire heap a lot of for your local nBalanced regional development: over thirty-seventh of the country's Robotics is a trendsetting indus- passionate about robotics or not. people, state, region, and also the Entrepreneurs setting up new GDP. Each new addition to those try with constant advancements When children get introduced to country as an entire. businesses and industrial thirty-six million units makes use of being made year on year. New and robotics at an early age, they can Start-up entrepre- units facilitate regional even additional resources like land, improved techniques are being develop and hone skills like creative neurship is crucial as a development by locating labour, and capital to develop prod- invented, assimilated and applied as thinking, collaboration, program- result of it brings inno- in less developed and uct and services that augment the we speak with a view to revolutionise know that Spyce, a restaurant based amongst job seekers looking for ming and coding and have good ol' vations, new jobs, and backward areas. The national income, national product the way we live, work or entertain in Boston, Massachusetts is a robot- opportunities in the robotics sector fun while doing it. competitive dynamics growth of industries and per capita financial gain of the ourselves. Recently, a cafe in Tokyo ic-powered restaurant which pre- in India between May 2015 and May Avishkaar is one such entity into the business set- and business in these country. This growth in GDP and launched service rendered by robot pares meals in under three minutes. 2018. And during the same period which is working towards this vision ting. areas ends up in infra- per capita financial gain is once waiters. The four feet tall Minato Some restaurants are using self- of time, job postings in the sector saw with a fervour. With an emphasis on nWealth creation and structure enhancement more one among the essential goals Ward robots are being remotely ordering tablets for taking customer a growth of 191 per cent. promoting the culture of making sharing: By establishing prefer better roads and of economic development. controlled by people with physical orders. Hospitals are increasingly Robotics is a fast-growing sector amongst children and adults alike, the business entity, entre- rail links, airports, stable So, there’s a very important disabilities such as amyotrophic lat- making use of surgical robots to per- in India with sectors such as manu- through its range of DIY robotics preneurs invest their own electricity and installation, role for entrepreneurs to spark eco- eral sclerosis (ALS — a form of form surgeries with precision, small- facturing, healthcare and construc- kits. resources and attract capital (in schools, hospitals, malls, and dif- nomic development by starting motor neuron disease), enabling er incisions, decreased blood loss, tion leading the demand for robot- To sum up, robotics has a bright the shape of debt, equity and oth- ferent public and private services new businesses, making jobs, and them to perform a job they would- less pain, and quicker healing time ics talent. And there’s a huge scope future ahead in India with career ers) from investors, lenders and also that will not somewhat be out conducive to improvement in n’t be able to otherwise. Robots are for patients. And you may not even for its application in other sectors too opportunities in diverse fields like the public. This mobilises public there. Every new business that numerous key goals like gross proving to be a gamechanger in a realise but a majority of us are as access to Internet connectivity and aerospace, defense, manufacturing, wealth and allows people to bene- locates in an exceedingly less devel- domestic product, exports, the stan- number of fields — be it at home, using robots at our homes too. open source applications become healthcare and medical research, fit from the success of entrepreneurs oped space can produce each direct dard of living, skills development public security, education, surveil- In case you fear that more robots more widespread in the country entertainment, construction and and growing businesses. and indirect job, serving to elevate and community development. lance, defense or entertainment. mean fewer jobs for humans, think which will prove conducive to the more. As they say, the proof is in the nCreate jobs: Entrepreneurs are by regional economies in many alter- Think of robots cooking com- again. In fact, in a recent study con- sector’s growth. Even though people pudding, and boy this pudding is nature and definition job creators, native ways. The combined dis- The writer is COO, All India Technical and plex meals on demand. Too out- ducted by Indeed (an Indian job por- have a fear of automation taking definitely worth a try. as opposed to job seekers. The sim- bursement by all the new workers Management Council landish? Well, you’d be surprised to tal) revealed a hike of 186 per cent away jobs from us humans, in fact, The writer is Founder-CEO, Avishkaar ple translation is that once you of the new businesses and therefore CS Foundation ICSI opens its 100th study centre at Tonk Workshop on designing Programme PNS n NEW DELHI Paris, programme where he Admission to ith the aim to provide bet- CS (Dr) Shyam Agrawal said, fessional body set up under an INSD students will go to paris TCompany Secretaries Wter facilities to the stu- “Opening of Study Centre in cities Act of Parliament, i.e., Company he International School for various projects and learn (CS) Foundation dents, The Institute of Company where ICSI do not have offices Secretaries Act, 1980, for the TOf Design — INSD the intricacies of global Programme is on. Secretaries of India opened its will help students in resolving regulation and development of offered a one-of-its-kind designing and european art Candidate seeking admis- 100th Study Centre at Sanskriti queries, obtain information about the profession of Company opportunity for all aspiring and culture experience to cre- sion till March 31, 2019 College, Tonk, Rajasthan on exams, registration, Class room Secretaries in India. It functions interior and fashion designers. ate and spread awareness will be eligible for exami- March 25, 2019. The study cen- teaching etc.” under the jurisdiction of Ministry The premier college of India about the careers in design nations in December 2019. tre will facilitate and benefit stu- “To further strengthen the of Corporate Affairs, INSD conducted a two days industry for the wave of aspir- Students can register dents from the remote villages Service - Delivery Mechanism, Government of India. The free workshop for students ing students looking forward online by selecting online and small towns of the area. The The ICSI is in the process of Institute, being a pro-active body, who were interested in know- to step in the design industry, services option available at ICSI study centres will help in establishing more such Study focuses on best and top-quality ing more about interior and The open house session www.icsi.edu. reaching out to the unreached. Centres across India,” Dr. Agrawal step will open the door to pro- gave detailed information to the education to students of fashion designing courses at also provided information All fees and other dues CS (Dr) Shyam Agrawal, further added. fessional education in Tonk and students and their parents about Company Secretaries Course and their Main campus related to latest developments payable to ICSI is to be Past President, the Institute of Thanking ICSI for opening surrounding areas. the Company Secretary Course, best quality set standards for CS Gujranwala Town part 1. in block printing, screen remitted through payment Company Secretaries of India the study centre, Mr. Mahavir CS Rahul Sharma, Chairman, profession and career opportu- members. The institute has over The purpose of the event printing, tie and dye printing, gateway at Online Services inaugurated the study centre at Prasad Sharma, Chairman, Jaipur chapter of The Institute of nities available. 56,000 members and about 3.5 was also to announce the fabric painting, and embroi- option. Tonk. Speaking on the occasion, Sanskriti College said that this Company Secretaries of India, The ICSI is a premier pro- lakh students on its roll. newly launched Study tour to dery. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 avenues 11 ‘Smart food for education is key’ In incentivising education and bringing more children to school, the mid-day meal programme has created a pool of talent that needs to be harnessed and nurtured, says AJAY KAVISHWAR f we consider today’s children the flag- bearers of tomorrow, one of the best measures of our progress as a nation Tips to ace canI be the quality of life that we have to offer them. It is therefore imperative that we nurture them in their developmen- tal years through a combination of care- fully considered nutritional and educa- tional interventions. It is evident from the success of the JEE Mains mid-say meal programme that anutri- tious meal can go a long way in sup- porting the health and education of chil- dren. In bringing 94 million children to school, the programme ensures that JEE expert RAMESH BATLISH shares last minute tips with aspirants to crack the exam they are not deprived of their right to education and right to aspire or the right f a student is dreaming to stiff for everybody. and Analytical skills, Time before the exam at the examina- much smaller as compared to Ray to a bright future. secure a seat in one of the IITs Whether you can make it or Management and most important tion venue. Optics to cover. Vectors need to The programme serves as an incen- Ajay Kavishwar Iit is mandatory to crack both not will depend upon the actual the actual performance on the nJust go and do your best in be studied properly, as it troubles tive for children to come to school. More Director-Planning, PR & Advocacy, JEE Main and Advanced. The performance on the exam day.Put exam day. You cannot control the exam most of the students. Modern importantly, it provides parents an incen- The Akshaya Patra Foundation National Testing Agency is organ- in your sincere efforts, practising your friend’s performance, but nDon’t discuss your prepa- Physics is theoretical, yet some tive to send their children to school. The ising JEE Main twice in 2019. The good number of JEE Main level you can certainly control yourself. ration with your friends scoring questions are frequently resultant boost in enrolment, atten- ‘smart food for education’ is in the best JEE Main 2019 (January session) questions. Focus on speed and If you give the best result, then nRemember to read all the asked. dance, and retention rates in schools, the interest of the children. In the long run, has been conducted. The April accuracy. Believe in yourself, you there will not be any need for instructions carefully mentioned Chemistry: Conceptual clar- performance of children, and the nutrition combined with a conducive session will be conducted from will surely crack JEE Main 2019. comparison. in the question paper. ity, application skills and aware- improvementin their nutritional profile environment for learning in schools can April 7, 2019 onwards. Paper-1 I left couple of topics. Should Are there any portals for nBe Mentally and physically ness should be of focus in bode well for the socioeconomic progress enhance the physical and psychological (BE/BTech)— April 8, 9, 10 and I start them now? mock test? prepared for everything. Take all Chemistry. of the nation. development of children, thus fuelling 12, 2019 and Paper-II (BArch/B Don’t start any fresh topic that Yes, there are portals which the Precautionary movements. Special attention should be When children sit together to have their aspirations and putting them on a Planning) — April 7, 2019. you haven’t read in the last one conduct mock tests for JEE Main Most importantly believe in your- given to topics like Mole Concept, their mid-day meal, it eradicates the bar- path to a bright future. The best of the two scores in year or recent months. Just revise 2019. The most famous web por- self. Chemical Equilibrium and riers of caste, religion, and economic sta- In incentivising education and bring- either of the January-April ses- formulas and practice as many tal for mock test is www.mypat.in. Electrochemistry. tus, and fosters the sense of socialisation, ing more children to schools, the pro- sions will be considered. This time questions as you can from already This will help the students to be PREPARATION TIPS As far as Inorganic chemistry thus contributing towards the develop- gramme has created a large pool of tal- both the sessions are Computer studied topics. familiar with their strong and Mathematics: Keeping in pre- is concerned, the major topics ment of community and the nation. ent that needs to be harnessed and nur- Based Tests. The students who What if the paper difficulty weak areas. Stay fit and healthy for vious year trends, Co-ordinate such as chemical bonding, struc- Considering that one of the prima- tured. It is important to assure children clear the cut off in JEE Main 2019 level increases this year? the exam as it enhances your per- Geometry, algebra, and Calculus tures, processes, applications and ry objectives is to improve the nutritional at a young age that their dreams are valid. would be able to appear for JEE You should ponder too much formance in the exam. are the topics which need to be Coordination Chemistry should status of children, the integration of mil- Furthermore, we ought to support these Advanced on May 19, 2019. about the difficulty level of the given more attention. Topics like be given special attention. lets in mid-day meals through a collab- dreams by promoting and supporting The previous cut offs of JEE exam. If it increases, it will be for THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND mathematical reasoning, statistics The students are advised to oration between the Centre and State's them because if their talent is not har- Main will draw the attention of every aspirant. At your end, You nDo remember to carry your and determinants can be helpful first attempt theoretical ques- MDM and agriculture departments can nessed in early life, it is most likely to go the students as they aspire to crack must prepared as per the syllabi JEE Main 2019 admit card. Read in increasing the score. Refer to tions than the ones which require be a massive step towards child welfare. untapped. one of the most coveted exams of of JEE Main and also solved ade- for instructions on the admit previous year question papers calculation. The inclusion of these high-fibre, protein In developing countries, when the the country. Getting familiar with quate number of questions of JEE card as you will not be allowed to for better understanding of what and micronutrient-rich smartfoods of the talent pool is large, it may remain unde- the past year paper trends will be Main level. With sincere and best carry any stationery like pens, to expect. PREP CHECKS 21st Century can add to the nutritional veloped due to lack of resources. While handy and useful for the students. efforts, you can secure a seat in erasers writing Boards, etc. Physics: Kinematics and nThorough with exam pat- value of mid-day meals, thus contribut- the Government's efforts to bring chil- The result of JEE Main 2019 any branch of National Institute nDon’t stay awake late in the Particle Dynamics are two topics tern and syllabus ing towards the enhanced nutritional sta- dren to school by incentivising education April will be announced on April of Technology (NIT)and qualify night. Be in bed by 10 or 10:30 pm which are asked most in the nSelf -confidence is the key tus and health of the beneficiaries.In fact, is commendable, these efforts need to be 30 (Paper-I) and May 15 (Paper- for JEE Advanced. and this should be added to your exam. As per the trends, to achieve success in the exam finger millet (ragi), with thrice the supported. If corporates and non-profit II). Where do I stand as my daily routine one month before Mechanics, Electricity and nSpeed and accuracy when amount of calcium compared to milk, organisations can contribute towards The questions that may trou- friend’s preparation is far better the exam. Magnetism are the topics from attempting the questions and pearl millet (bajra) with their rich such initiatives in the form of infra- ble are: than me? nFocus on your health, eat which questions are always asked. nNo one is perfect. Stay calm iron and zinc content are considered per- structure, expertise, and resources, it can As the competition level will Selection in any competitive healthy and home-made food. Thermodynamics is the most and give your best performance fect health foods for children and deserv- be a massive step towards providing chil- be high? Will I able to make it? exam is based on one’s nStay away from the students important chapter both in Physics on the day of the exam. ing constituents of their regular diet. dren a better future by encouraging them The competition level will be Preparation level, Comprehensive who revise topics a few minutes and Chemistry. Wave Optics is The writer is JEE Expert, FIIT-JEE Going beyond ‘food for education’ to to explore their passion.

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Sensex zooms 425 pts Oil PSUs profitability BUSINESS CORNER to take a hit: Moody’s OBEROI HOTELS UNVEILS NEW BRAND IDENTITY New Delhi: Oberoi Hotels & Resorts Tuesday unveiled a new brand iden- tity, Oberoi Sun, and added a tag line 'Heart. Felt.'. In a statement, The Oberoi amid global rebound PTI n NEW DELHI pate because the oil and gas sector pol- Group said the rebranding was based on extensive research that showed that "sin- icy of other parties contesting in the cere care and personal attention" set it apart from others. “Oberoi Hotels & Resorts PTI n MUMBAI Foreign institutional Bank 2.75 per cent, Bajaj rofitability of state-owned refiners elections is not yet clear.” has revisited its identity to ensure that it reflects all its core values and proudly investors (FIIs) remained net Finance 2.72 per cent, Yes Psuch as Indian Oil Corp (IOC) may State-owned IOC, Bharat presents the 'Oberoi Sun'. The 'Oberoi Sun' translates the warmth, energy, and enchmark Sensex rebound- buyers, pumping in Rs 150.40 Bank 2.71 per cent, Kotak come under pressure if the government Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and sense of well-being that our guests experience. This is the promise that each one Bed about 425 points to end crore, while domestic institu- Bank 2.60 per cent, Asian asks them to temporarily freeze the Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) of us at Oberoi makes to every single guest,” it said. A newly-revamped website well above the 38,000-mark tional investors (DIIs) sold Paints 2.02 per cent, IndusInd prices of petrol, diesel and other fuels had temporarily stopped revising fuel has also been launched. “The words 'Heart. Felt.' have been added to explain the Tuesday, breaking its two-day shares worth `12.52 crore Bank 1.84 per cent, Axis Bank ahead of general elections, Moody's prices first in December 2017, ahead of way guests describe their Oberoi experience and form the central pillar of the falling streak on gains in heavy- Monday, provisional data 1.79 per cent, HCL Tech 1.73 Investors Service said Tuesday. assembly elections in Gujarat and then brand strategy and communication programme,” the statement said. The Oberoi weights RIL, SBI and ICICI showed. per cent and HDFC Bank 1.21 Before the Gujarat and Karnataka in April/May 2018 before Karnataka Group Executive Chairman P R S Oberoi said: "With a belief and commitment Bank amid persistent foreign Globally, Asian and per cent. state elections, the government had elections. So far, they have continued to to our guests, we thought who better to guide us into the future than our guests, fund inflows and positive glob- European stocks bounced back, Sun Pharma, Tata Motors, asked oil companies to temporarily sus- change prices on a daily basis. initiating an exciting journey of brand re-discovery for Oberoi.” Oberoi Hotels al leads. The broader NSE reversing part of their recent Maruti Suzuki, M&M, Tata pend the practice of adjusting the India goes to polls in seven phases & Resorts operates 22 hotels and resorts in six countries. The Oberoi Marrakech Nifty too inched closer to the losses, as US Treasury yields Steel, HUL, Hero MotoCorp, prices of petrol and diesel on a daily beginning April 11. in Morocco, the newest resort in the portfolio, is set to open this year. key 11,500 mark. edged higher, easing concerns PowerGrid, ONGC and Bharti basis. Moody’s expects India’s state-owned A stronger rupee, which about a recession in the world's Airtel too ended with gains of “Given India's upcoming general oil companies will continue to pay high ITC SELLS BRAND JOHN PLAYERS TO RELIANCE RETAIL climbed 19 paise to 68.77 largest economy. up to 1.11 per cent. election in April-May, we expect the dividends in the next fiscal year, which New Delhi: Conglomerate ITC Tuesday said it has sold its menswear brand against the US dollar (intra- “After a subdued opening, However, Infosys lost 1.23 refiners' profitability may come under will be negative for refiners but the oil John Players to Reliance Retail for an undisclosed amount. Besides, the Kolkata- day), also supported the rally, market bounced back sharply per cent, Bajaj Auto 0.85 per pressure if they are asked by the gov- producers will not be as significantly based firm has also transferred the trademark as part of the deal. “In line with brokers said. and covered yesterday's losses cent, ITC Ltd 0.68 per cent, ernment to temporarily freeze the affected. this ongoing restructuring, ITC has sold the brand John Players and related trade- The 30-share Sensex stayed due to positive global peers. L&T 0.37 per cent, TCS 0.26 prices of petroleum products,” Moody's In a report on the country’s state- marks and intellectual property, and the goodwill related thereto, to Reliance Retail in the green for the better part Global growth outlook still per cent, Coal India 0.08 per said in a report. owned oil and gas companies, Moody’s Ltd,” a spokesperson of ITC said. He said a restructuring plan is underway as of the session and hit the day's remains a concern while rise in cent and HDFC Ltd shed 0.01 The BJP-led NDA, if voted back to said: “High shareholder returns will part of the strategic review of the lifestyle retailing business. According to media high of 38,297.70 as buying US 10-yr bond yield after two per cent. power, could allow oil companies to increase the oil companies’ aggregate reports, the deal is estimated to be around Rs 150 crore. The deal would strength- pace gathered momentum days of fall gave some respite to Shares of Jet Airways recover their losses post elections as it borrowings and constrain their credit en the presence of Reliance Retail and its online platform Ajio.com in the grow- towards the fag-end. investor sentiment. “The soared for the second day has done in previous state-level elec- profiles.” It expected Oil and Natural ing lifestyle retail space. Established in 2002, John Players was a youth fashion It finally ended at rebound was broad based Tuesday, zooming nearly 7 per tions, it said. Gas Corp (ONGC), IOC, Oil India Ltd apparel brand from ITC. 38,233.41, up 424.50 points, or except IT index due to cent following the exit of “A change in government may (OIL) and BPCL to maintain high div- 1.12 per cent. The gauge had strengthening rupee. Gradual founder and Chairman Naresh expose the oil companies to a new set idends payments as well as conduct JET AIRWAYS SHARES RALLY FURTHER; CLOSE 6.5% HIGHER AS lost over 575 points in the pre- fall in FII inflows added some Goyal and his wife Anita from of challenges that are harder to antici- share buybacks in fiscal 2020. NARESH GOYAL STEPS DOWN vious two sessions, tracking a caution among investors which the board of the ailing airline. New Delhi: Shares of Jet Airways continued to rise for the second day Tuesday sell-off across global markets. may end up with some con- Coming to sectoral indices, and closed 6.5 per cent higher on the bourses following the exit of Chairman The broader NSE Nifty solidation in the near term, bankex gained 2.19 per cent, Online food ordering mkt may grow at over 16 pc Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal from its board. The stock closed at `271, climbed 129 points, or 1.14 per after a sharp rally in the short power 1.70 per cent, PSU 1.31 up 6.48 per cent on the BSE. During the day, it zoomed 9.62 per cent to `279. cent, to close at 11,483.25 term,” said Vinod Nair, Head of per cent, metal 1.11 per cent, Guwahati: The online food ordering the growth in online food ordering At the NSE, shares jumped 5.37 per cent to close at `267.75. On the traded vol- Intra-day, it shuttled between Research, Geojit Financial consumer durables 1.08 per market in India is likely to grow at over market has been attributed to the rising ume front, 54.11 lakh shares were traded on the BSE and over 6 crore shares on 11,495.90 and 11,352.45. Services. State-run NTPC cent, infrastructure 0.99 per 16 per cent annually to touch USD 17.02 number of women in working popula- the NSE during the day. Shares of Jet Airways had zoomed 15.5 per cent on Oil-to-telecom conglom- topped the gainers' chart in the cent, oil and gas 0.97 per cent, billion by 2023, according to a study by tion in most of the metro cities. “The Monday. Naresh Goyal and his wife will resign from the board of the airline, erate Reliance Industries Sensex pack, rallying 3.28 per realty 0.73 per cent, healthcare business consultancy firm Market Indian online food ordering market is according to a regulatory filing Monday. The decision was taken at the airline's emerged as a prominent gain- cent, followed by SBI at 3.23 per 0.61 per cent, FMCG 0.13 per Research Future. slated to grow at a CAGR (compound board meeting held in Mumbai Monday. In the filing to the stock exchanges, er in the Sensex pack, spurting cent. Other winners were cent and capital goods 0.15 per The study, titled 'Digital Platforms annual growth rate) of 16.2 per cent at Jet Airways Monday said Naresh Goyal, Anita Goyal and one nominee of Etihad over 3 per cent. Vedanta 3.18 per cent, ICICI cent. Reign in the Food Ordering Market', said USD 17.02 billion by 2023," it said. Airways PJSC would step down from the board.

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253.70 SAIL 50.40 50.95 50.15 50.70 TRIDENT 67.00 68.75 66.00 67.00 ADVENZYMES 170.05 175.70 168.00 172.65 RELINFRA 129.00 136.70 128.60 133.20 KANSAINER 440.00 457.00 440.00 453.70 INDIANB 253.80 262.50 253.55 261.75 INTELLECT 201.45 201.45 196.50 198.50 INFRATEL 305.20 314.00 305.20 313.70 7.10 BHEL 69.85 72.70 69.75 71.10 LUPIN 735.00 738.50 731.75 734.65 RADICO 398.55 399.75 393.00 395.00 LTTS 1450.00 1467.00 1440.00 1464.10 GAIL 352.80 362.00 351.65 359.40 7.75 MARUTI 6569.00 6600.00 6483.55 6578.80 AARTIIND 1455.05 1542.00 1454.05 1518.55 JKTYRE 90.30 90.95 89.10 90.35 GICRE 244.00 250.00 239.05 242.40 INDUSINDBK 1681.00 1720.00 1668.60 1720.00 36.45 SBIN 294.05 305.95 294.05 303.30 DEEPAKNI 264.00 273.00 263.10 271.30 EICHERMOT 21249.95 21433.95 21021.00 21358.20 GPPL 98.00 101.65 95.85 100.05 ADANIPORTS 361.35 369.85 361.35 369.00 7.65 INFY* 736.00 736.00 719.60 726.75 SYNDIBANK 38.55 40.65 38.55 40.20 GODREJIND 532.00 544.00 530.75 540.70 SADBHAV 263.90 263.90 240.65 247.60 AXISBANK 747.40 760.95 741.65 760.70 15.00 PNB 90.70 93.00 90.70 92.30 WOCKPHARMA 424.00 425.00 417.75 422.05 AUBANK 550.00 558.95 542.75 555.60 CADILAHC 334.90 336.95 330.00 335.45 HCLTECH 1013.35 1043.80 1011.50 1038.00 20.35 JUBILANT 723.95 726.00 673.30 686.00 LAURUSLABS 377.15 396.70 374.00 391.45 MUTHOOTFIN 592.65 601.80 592.60 597.15 MINDAIND 347.55 352.40 340.00 341.40 ASIANPAINT 1460.50 1492.25 1460.50 1482.00 24.45 DHFL 130.50 136.70 129.60 135.35 AVANTI 402.95 404.25 388.10 391.20 TATACHEM 584.00 585.50 573.00 581.55 GDL 127.90 131.90 125.65 127.75 TITAN 1105.00 1120.00 1088.35 1118.50 18.40 IOC 165.00 169.50 161.10 162.30 HCLTECH 1017.00 1041.00 1011.75 1033.80 SCI 35.60 37.45 35.50 37.15 GUJFLUORO 1068.85 1070.05 1050.00 1053.55 ONGC 159.00 163.05 158.70 160.20 2.55 TCS 1985.00 1994.00 1959.00 1981.80 BLISSGVS 167.50 172.60 164.50 165.65 AMBUJACEM 228.00 232.25 228.00 231.40 GSPL 178.10 179.35 174.35 178.30 ULTRACEMCO 3869.00 3944.75 3830.00 3930.00 58.95 PFC 119.65 122.50 117.00 118.05 REPCOHOME 439.60 464.00 439.60 459.90 VOLTAS 604.30 615.00 603.75 613.20 CENTURYPLY 197.30 200.00 196.20 198.25 KPRMILL 552.10 552.10 544.25 547.10 HDFCBANK 2275.90 2315.00 2272.60 2313.50 32.20 ASHOKLEY 88.20 88.20 85.40 86.30 AUROPHARMA 775.50 784.00 771.00 782.35 PAGEIND 23900.00 25149.95 23671.25 24766.85 LINDEINDIA 478.25 488.95 475.00 479.20 MAHLIFE 356.65 365.00 356.10 358.65 HINDALCO 205.55 209.35 204.60 208.25 2.80 GMRINFRA 17.10 19.75 17.10 19.45 VENKYS 2248.70 2288.00 2229.30 2273.30 OIL 176.50 179.70 176.50 177.35 BOSCHLTD 18255.00 18255.00 18065.75 18170.15 PNCINFRA 153.50 155.70 145.00 152.55 JSWSTEEL 277.95 282.40 276.50 282.40 3.60 IDEA 30.45 30.45 29.35 29.60 DELTACORP 241.70 247.50 239.85 246.45 MMTC 28.05 28.65 27.70 27.90 VINATIORGA 1589.70 1624.95 1569.50 1619.85 FORTIS 137.00 137.45 136.00 136.20 SUNPHARMA 467.00 471.50 462.10 470.15 5.50 ICICIPRULI 311.60 328.00 311.60 320.15 BERGEPAINT 313.80 323.40 311.75 321.05 CHAMBLFERT 161.10 165.35 160.60 164.25 SWANENERGY 104.85 105.45 103.40 105.10 GESHIP 283.25 285.00 279.00 280.40 TATAMOTORS 171.90 173.60 171.60 173.30 2.00 MINDTREE 948.85 961.95 936.65 950.55 MAXINDIA 69.00 69.95 67.60 68.55 DIVISLAB 1710.00 1767.10 1687.90 1705.20 ALKEM 1760.00 1777.20 1719.80 1772.25 NILKAMAL 1385.00 1417.85 1384.15 1411.30 MARUTI 6558.00 6600.00 6480.00 6595.00 72.40 INDIGO 1378.00 1430.20 1352.35 1425.70 GODREJPROP 836.90 843.65 804.15 814.50 BRITANNIA 3097.25 3130.00 3063.00 3097.50 MHRIL 229.35 241.50 229.35 238.50 ZENSARTECH 229.20 231.00 228.90 230.05 EICHERMOT 21275.00 21444.20 21005.00 21382.05 230.70 IBULHSGFIN 720.00 734.80 716.25 730.35 HINDALCO 206.00 208.90 204.80 208.00 KEI 408.05 410.80 403.00 409.00 GLAXO 1299.45 1300.20 1281.00 1290.50 FDC 174.10 174.60 167.85 168.70 HINDPETRO 275.05 280.00 272.25 276.80 2.55 IDBI 42.00 42.90 41.60 42.40 HAVELLS 741.95 762.20 741.30 758.45 COCHINSHIP 385.00 393.00 378.85 388.80 NAVINFLUOR 710.70 717.00 705.00 708.80 EIHOTEL 188.60 195.00 185.15 191.65 TATASTEEL 516.00 520.95 514.15 519.55 4.40 NCC 109.50 112.00 109.10 111.60 UBL 1327.45 1351.00 1293.00 1347.90 CROMPTON 216.95 216.95 212.70 214.25 EMAMILTD 394.65 395.90 391.25 393.30 TNPL 206.75 209.15 204.05 206.30 ZEEL 418.10 427.20 416.60 419.95 3.50 TECHM 790.05 790.05 769.50 772.10 DISHTV 34.80 36.05 34.65 35.70 EQUITAS 130.00 132.25 129.55 131.65 INOXWIND 68.05 68.25 65.20 66.65 JKCEMENT 810.75 831.95 805.00 823.30 ICICIBANK 384.25 395.15 383.65 394.05 ULTRACEMCO 3870.10 3938.40 3833.50 3920.05 JINDALSAW 85.45 87.25 85.40 86.15 MAHINDCIE 228.60 233.60 225.25 232.10 BAJAJFINSV 6967.00 7060.00 6920.00 6970.25 53.00 IFBIND 929.55 949.15 922.45 936.65 JUSTDIAL 607.90 621.10 601.10 605.00 TATAELXSI 956.00 961.95 945.00 957.80 SUVEN 261.25 268.65 261.25 264.55 SHK 153.20 154.05 149.70 151.30 JBCHEPHARM 340.00 344.00 335.90 342.45 M&M 664.65 672.40 661.00 669.50 4.90 ZEEL 418.00 427.05 416.65 422.30 DMART 1470.00 1487.00 1469.75 1477.35 NIITTECH 1316.85 1318.55 1295.70 1306.80 TATAMETALI 626.00 638.20 624.00 631.00 VTL 1081.10 1094.95 1061.70 1077.05 POWERGRID 202.15 203.90 199.40 203.45 1.45 ONGC 159.10 163.00 158.15 159.25 ITI 92.45 94.70 92.30 93.10 LEMONTREE 79.20 79.75 77.80 78.35 LAOPALA 206.00 209.00 200.20 207.70 HINDUNILVR 1679.90 1691.55 1674.00 1684.00 10.15 EDELWEISS 189.00 190.45 184.00 186.25 HFCL 21.80 22.25 21.70 22.00 EIDPARRY 204.90 206.05 200.25 201.05 SOMANYCERA 390.00 400.00 390.00 397.75 BHARTIARTL 328.55 331.40 326.25 328.70 1.70 BAJFINANCE 2856.30 2939.00 2856.30 2930.40 SRTRANSFIN 1208.90 1213.75 1191.75 1204.20 PERSISTENT* 636.00 648.95 630.00 635.65 SHARDACROP 364.65 369.10 360.00 368.20 CIPLA 528.50 532.50 525.70 529.15 2.30 TATAMOTORS 171.70 173.60 171.70 173.10 SOUTHBANK 15.70 15.89 15.65 15.82 ASHOKA 125.60 126.00 125.10 125.45 FINOLEXIND 494.50 499.80 490.00 497.30 BPCL 384.25 388.40 376.50 384.40 0.70 DBL 613.25 652.20 611.90 647.50 MINDACORP 132.45 137.15 132.45 135.90 ITDC 275.80 286.45 275.75 277.50 NH 216.10 218.50 208.75 215.30 HDFC 1950.40 1953.35 1930.85 1948.20 2.55 LT 1378.50 1389.00 1366.70 1372.10 AJANTPHARM 1001.05 1020.00 1001.05 1009.30 GREAVESCOT 135.85 138.80 135.80 137.15 IOB 13.54 13.75 13.54 13.61 BAJAJ-AUTO 2961.05 2968.00 2939.00 2957.00 -0.95 INDUSINDBK 1682.00 1724.50 1672.00 1715.45 IFCI 13.24 13.40 13.20 13.31 NATCOPHARM* 572.90 575.85 563.00 565.70 JKLAKSHMI 347.35 347.35 340.00 342.80 HEROMOTOCO 2586.00 2604.70 2546.80 2574.50 -1.20 IBREALEST 87.80 90.85 86.30 89.15 BHARATFORG 489.90 494.20 484.60 491.00 GREENPLY 154.80 155.50 151.45 153.40 CENTRUM 32.20 32.25 31.70 31.85 DRREDDY 2791.00 2793.95 2762.50 2776.65 -4.30 COALINDIA 236.10 242.30 234.80 236.60 HINDCOPPER 48.00 49.35 47.60 48.30 HIMATSEIDE 202.80 204.60 199.00 200.90 ERIS 634.40 640.10 624.80 635.15 LT 1379.80 1388.80 1367.75 1372.85 -3.90 HINDPETRO 276.00 279.95 272.40 276.70 COROMANDEL 483.65 484.00 469.00 479.65 HERITGFOOD 523.50 527.10 513.95 526.20 SUNDRMFAST 554.55 558.75 549.00 551.70 TCS 1984.00 1994.95 1958.05 1977.40 -6.85 HDFCBANK 2281.90 2315.00 2272.65 2310.20 JSLHISAR 88.90 91.00 84.80 90.05 MERCK 3320.00 3390.00 3310.00 3375.70 UNITEDBNK 10.68 10.80 10.65 10.70 ITC 295.00 296.35 291.05 294.00 -1.05 BOMDYEING 137.00 139.70 134.70 135.90 BAJAJ-AUTO 2960.00 2964.65 2933.00 2951.30 EVEREADY 194.45 198.40 192.70 195.40 CAPPL 408.00 411.95 401.25 402.20 COALINDIA 237.25 242.75 234.30 235.80 -1.40 AXISBANK 749.60 761.70 742.00 757.20 COLPAL 1241.45 1260.00 1233.35 1256.90 J&KBANK 48.70 49.55 48.60 49.25 SUDARSCHEM 326.95 329.25 325.60 328.90 WIPRO 257.10 258.60 253.40 254.95 -1.55 NTPC 136.50 141.25 136.35 140.10 BBTC 1250.05 1265.90 1240.20 1257.65 TATACOMM 593.05 602.95 590.70 598.75 IEX 160.55 161.85 158.85 159.35 INFY 735.25 735.25 719.10 727.80 -7.45 HINDUNILVR 1682.00 1689.90 1674.50 1683.70 MANPASAND 112.00 116.20 112.00 113.95 GICHSGFIN 250.95 254.00 250.70 252.25 MONSANTO 2610.00 2610.00 2571.00 2585.25 UPL 910.55 917.30 891.10 902.95 -9.75 KOTAKBANK 1319.75 1349.90 1311.95 1342.85 MARICO 332.00 339.50 331.40 338.40 BAJAJCON 322.05 322.10 317.00 318.40 NETWORK18 34.30 34.30 33.55 33.85 IOC 165.10 169.75 160.50 161.95 -2.40 BALKRISIND 934.55 970.80 928.00 953.60 MANAPPURAM 119.15 120.15 118.80 119.55 LALPATHLAB 1080.00 1096.50 1068.00 1079.55 SANOFI 5584.00 5767.80 5570.00 5718.55 JSWENERGY 64.80 66.00 64.10 65.60 CEATLTD 1084.00 1105.00 1081.70 1097.20 GHCL 232.35 234.00 230.00 232.10 TECHM 790.20 791.90 768.15 769.65 -19.95 NESCO 463.00 463.00 449.00 458.75 UNIONBANK 87.65 92.00 87.50 91.55 INFRATEL 306.85 314.50 306.30 313.00 AEGISLOG 202.35 204.35 198.50 200.10 BLUESTARCO 670.00 670.50 661.00 662.55 NIFTY NEXT 50 MOTHERSUMI 145.00 148.80 144.50 145.40 APOLLOHOSP 1165.70 1165.70 1141.25 1156.35 BASF 1443.05 1478.00 1443.05 1463.15 CERA 2654.55 2658.00 2626.60 2650.00 PIDILITIND 1178.25 1238.50 1178.00 1226.85 PIIND 1017.75 1030.00 1003.35 1029.95 SHILPAMED 354.00 363.00 336.90 342.80 ASTERDM 158.70 159.90 155.15 155.80 HDFCLIFE 361.95 370.00 361.00 369.05 HAL 717.00 726.15 712.95 722.55 BDL 279.00 285.00 278.75 282.30 CONCOR 508.65 508.65 503.80 504.50 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE MEGH 63.40 64.35 59.00 59.65 ORIENTBANK 106.00 108.95 106.00 108.25 NHPC 24.40 25.10 24.40 24.85 FCONSUMER 44.90 44.95 44.30 44.70 NBVENTURES 103.25 103.30 101.05 101.95 NIFTY NEXT 50 27497.20 27731.55 27487.05 27681.75 258.50 SUNPHARMA 465.20 470.95 462.40 469.35 ADANIPORTS 361.00 369.65 361.00 368.70 GLENMARK 643.90 651.00 637.00 648.55 PTC 74.70 75.45 74.25 74.50 TATAINVEST 834.00 834.00 828.00 828.35 PIDILITIND 1174.10 1240.00 1174.10 1233.00 53.45 VEDL 169.60 174.40 169.00 173.60 PHILIPCARB 171.90 172.80 169.00 169.50 OMAXE 206.75 208.05 205.75 207.65 KNRCON 251.00 264.00 251.00 261.80 TVSSRICHAK 2181.00 2250.00 2170.00 2200.80 DLF 191.40 205.35 188.50 196.40 7.15 TAKE 126.00 137.90 125.75 136.40 INFIBEAM 41.55 42.50 41.25 41.95 HSCL 115.30 117.10 114.60 115.15 GUJALKALI 484.10 493.00 482.55 485.15 GAYAPROJ 151.30 154.80 146.75 150.85 BANKBARODA 119.10 122.15 118.75 122.15 3.95 GRAPHITE 422.00 431.80 417.70 422.90 KTKBANK 125.00 131.00 124.75 130.05 ADANITRANS 216.95 222.15 214.10 216.45 THYROCARE 540.05 540.05 522.00 525.65 MAHABANK 13.14 13.50 13.13 13.32 SHREECEM 17884.85 18499.00 17806.30 18420.00 588.40 UPL 912.00 915.50 892.50 904.20 LTI 1670.00 1679.95 1648.85 1672.55 KRBL 354.30 354.90 332.00 340.45 THERMAX 986.75 1000.00 976.75 991.80 NAVNETEDUL 107.65 109.00 107.50 108.20 BHEL 69.95 72.70 69.75 71.20 2.10 FEDERALBNK 89.00 91.30 88.95 90.80 RNAM 188.50 196.00 187.00 189.15 TIINDIA 362.35 382.00 362.30 375.30 JYOTHYLAB 186.00 186.25 183.35 184.20 REDINGTON 98.00 98.20 96.25 96.80 HAVELLS 741.00 761.25 741.00 760.55 21.60 CANFINHOME 331.90 337.00 330.40 334.95 RAYMOND 790.00 806.00 789.00 804.30 MFSL 446.90 447.90 434.00 437.45 INDOSTAR 350.00 355.00 346.30 353.60 GALAXYSURF 1100.55 1108.85 1070.00 1076.60 INDIGO 1376.00 1430.00 1352.25 1422.35 37.90 WELCORP 120.00 128.00 119.00 125.50 GAIL 351.25 360.50 351.25 358.60 ASTRAL 1118.60 1121.00 1068.05 1108.95 PFIZER 3158.25 3270.00 3149.00 3220.45 WABCOINDIA 6203.00 6247.90 6190.00 6212.45 HDFCLIFE 362.20 370.25 361.05 368.60 9.35 HDFC 1948.00 1958.60 1931.00 1945.65 CHOLAFIN 1337.40 1393.40 1331.60 1379.75 GODREJCP 695.95 695.95 683.20 691.50 SHOPERSTOP 460.70 476.00 456.55 468.60 ESSELPRO 115.05 115.05 111.30 114.00 NIACL 183.00 187.15 182.50 186.30 4.55 TV18BRDCST 34.85 35.20 34.50 34.90 KEC 294.75 298.30 283.80 295.60 JAMNAAUTO 58.15 59.20 57.80 58.80 ALLCARGO 112.95 113.20 110.15 111.80 ZYDUSWELL 1312.95 1315.35 1292.40 1299.85 L&TFH 144.30 148.60 144.30 147.45 3.25 CANBK 271.30 284.00 270.45 281.45 APOLLOTYRE 213.60 214.90 210.30 213.95 PARAGMILK 252.05 259.00 252.05 256.80 BAYERCROP 4292.60 4375.00 4279.75 4341.15 3MINDIA 24049.00 24368.40 23835.00 23964.70 COLPAL 1241.00 1261.85 1232.05 1259.00 26.30 TATASTEEL 515.70 520.50 514.30 519.35 DRREDDY 2794.00 2795.35 2763.40 2776.45 WABAG 325.00 330.65 322.00 324.55 SCHNEIDER 103.00 104.00 101.85 103.05 RALLIS 160.80 161.60 160.50 160.75 PEL 2585.00 2645.00 2558.35 2627.25 53.75 ABCAPITAL 99.50 102.90 99.50 101.75 TATAPOWER 72.90 72.95 70.70 71.25 ECLERX 1166.90 1166.90 1136.00 1138.75 FLFL 483.00 483.00 469.30 475.15 DBCORP 188.75 190.00 186.35 188.85 ICICIGI 1005.00 1036.95 988.00 1013.00 20.20 RAIN 97.45 99.75 95.20 96.05 AMARAJABAT 708.00 720.35 704.00 709.45 SHANKARA 417.80 418.00 405.00 408.15 QUESS 795.65 799.85 782.95 785.80 VMART 2585.75 2656.00 2585.75 2627.35 NHPC 24.45 25.10 24.45 24.85 0.45 JUBLFOOD 1467.50 1467.50 1443.30 1463.35 IDFC 43.05 44.90 43.00 44.75 TEJASNET 151.50 179.00 151.50 168.55 HINDZINC 272.40 273.65 270.05 273.00 SKFINDIA 1931.45 1931.45 1898.45 1900.60 ABCAPITAL 99.00 102.85 99.00 101.50 1.80 ASIANPAINT 1465.95 1491.25 1458.00 1484.45 JISLJALEQS 57.95 59.35 57.65 58.20 GRANULES 109.00 113.35 109.00 111.50 TIMKEN 564.85 567.00 560.00 564.75 KIOCL 144.60 144.60 137.05 141.40 SAIL 50.45 50.85 50.10 50.70 0.75 ESCORTS 792.00 809.85 781.15 805.20 MAGMA 108.60 108.65 101.95 106.20 GODREJAGRO 481.50 491.90 481.50 486.40 UFLEX 212.50 218.00 211.40 214.90 SYNGENE 566.75 575.00 566.25 573.55 LICHSGFIN 525.15 534.35 523.70 530.00 7.75 ICICIGI 1000.00 1033.90 988.50 1014.65 FSL 46.25 46.90 45.80 46.35 IPCALAB 921.15 932.00 914.40 921.85 ENDURANCE 1149.50 1150.00 1141.00 1145.00 TVTODAY 320.00 320.00 316.10 318.90 MARICO 334.00 339.00 330.65 339.00 4.70 IDFCFIRSTB 52.00 52.75 51.90 52.45 PVR 1579.25 1594.15 1554.50 1568.90 BANDHANBNK 494.00 494.00 487.00 488.40 HSIL 255.00 258.50 249.10 252.25 AIAENG 1725.00 1727.00 1679.30 1699.70 SIEMENS 1043.60 1065.00 1043.60 1063.55 14.70 JINDALSTEL 162.85 164.50 160.85 163.35 RCOM 4.81 4.81 4.81 4.81 TORNTPHARM 1872.00 1899.55 1872.00 1883.65 ANDHRABANK 25.45 25.80 25.30 25.65 GULFOILLUB 828.65 830.85 817.85 821.45 ICICIPRULI 312.15 326.65 312.15 326.15 4.15 BANKBARODA 119.80 122.40 118.75 121.10 EXIDEIND 219.00 225.50 217.65 224.05 WELSPUNIND 58.95 59.80 58.40 58.75 GUJGAS 149.40 150.50 145.60 147.25 GET&D 276.20 276.20 270.00 272.50 DABUR 422.00 431.70 420.30 425.15 5.20 TITAN 1107.85 1122.30 1089.60 1116.25 SIEMENS 1048.05 1064.80 1044.40 1056.60 NIACL 180.20 187.10 178.20 184.95 BHARATFIN 1075.85 1095.55 1063.50 1089.20 ABBOTINDIA 7306.25 7400.20 7306.25 7355.15 AMBUJACEM 228.45 232.20 228.40 232.10 2.75 NMDC 104.75 106.20 103.35 104.60 SBILIFE 613.00 617.80 600.55 605.20 LAKSHVILAS 63.65 64.70 63.20 64.05 GRINDWELL 573.20 573.20 559.75 569.70 MAHLOG 489.95 495.00 486.05 494.70 SRTRANSFIN 1211.00 1214.00 1190.50 1212.95 13.25 BPCL 385.00 389.05 376.80 383.35 CIPLA 527.95 532.00 525.95 529.20 MOIL 154.85 158.00 154.00 155.15 UCOBANK 18.25 18.50 18.25 18.35 APLLTD 535.00 535.00 527.10 529.55 CADILAHC 332.35 336.90 331.70 335.50 3.40 M&M 665.90 672.80 661.50 669.20 RCF 57.75 58.25 57.15 57.90 ISGEC 5598.80 5645.00 5480.10 5522.95 FINCABLES 482.75 485.50 474.05 481.15 ITDCEM 135.00 135.00 127.65 129.15 OIL 177.25 179.90 176.50 177.80 1.65 ITC 295.00 296.30 291.20 293.20 DCMSHRIRAM 403.95 422.95 402.00 416.95 CUB 201.80 202.30 199.75 200.55 PRSMJOHNSN 86.90 89.80 86.85 88.40 TIMETECHNO 102.05 102.05 99.75 99.90 AUROPHARMA 779.95 783.75 770.50 783.00 7.15 BANKINDIA 98.55 102.60 98.55 101.85 SPARC 188.40 189.90 185.35 186.35 CUMMINSIND 720.10 730.90 717.80 729.00 PGHH 10390.35 10506.00 10330.00 10346.45 DHANUKA 415.00 415.40 405.00 408.15 SUNTV 583.00 591.95 581.05 585.00 5.15 WIPRO 257.00 258.30 253.40 254.95 SUNTV 585.00 590.00 581.80 584.95 SYMPHONY 1363.50 1367.95 1338.05 1347.65 CRISIL 1473.00 1484.95 1469.65 1478.40 HATSUN 706.90 717.00 705.80 716.85 LUPIN 733.00 738.65 731.15 734.65 5.60 NATIONALUM 54.10 54.15 53.35 53.60 NAUKRI 1903.05 1911.35 1880.00 1889.85 KALPATPOWR 446.00 452.90 440.20 443.05 SJVN 24.25 24.25 24.00 24.10 AKZOINDIA 1763.15 1787.00 1763.15 1778.60 BEL 92.25 93.25 91.70 92.40 0.60 FRETAIL 442.35 463.05 442.35 456.90 UJJIVAN 321.10 329.80 320.55 327.80 ISEC 247.00 248.80 240.60 244.90 VBL 809.75 822.15 809.75 813.50 ORIENTCEM 86.10 87.00 84.10 84.85 HINDZINC 272.10 274.00 269.65 272.50 1.65 NBCC 64.05 65.45 64.05 64.45 GRASIM 820.00 839.00 817.40 837.15 GODFRYPHLP 1123.00 1128.75 1101.65 1121.50 CENTRALBK 32.25 32.90 32.25 32.55 STARCEMENT 98.80 98.90 97.00 97.55 DMART 1473.80 1488.25 1467.25 1480.00 8.80 IGL 308.45 313.55 305.45 307.65 BAJAJELEC 530.80 543.00 527.00 530.75 MRPL 74.00 75.35 73.35 74.40 PHOENIXLTD 670.40 673.70 643.00 648.65 BLUEDART 3415.00 3455.00 3415.00 3447.60 GODREJCP 687.00 694.85 683.05 693.10 3.55 SUNTECK 472.20 475.25 456.15 462.35 LICHSGFIN 522.20 534.00 522.20 530.10 TTKPRESTIG 8251.10 8430.00 8251.10 8318.45 MRF 56330.35 56368.75 55945.10 56233.80 CARERATING 993.60 993.95 981.05 988.40 MOTHERSUMI 145.00 148.80 144.00 144.90 0.65 BHARTIARTL 328.00 331.10 326.50 328.20 POWERGRID 202.00 204.00 199.55 202.75 HUDCO 44.50 44.85 43.75 43.95 FORBESCO 2270.00 2334.00 2180.00 2210.40 SUPPETRO 221.90 223.50 216.00 222.80 BRITANNIA 3100.00 3132.00 3060.00 3100.00 9.25 HEROMOTOCO 2610.00 2610.00 2552.00 2579.70 CENTURYTEX 891.85 919.00 889.15 915.05 COFFEEDAY 278.55 301.00 277.15 284.95 BIRLACORPN 525.00 525.00 506.30 515.35 TRITURBINE 105.05 108.00 105.05 106.20 BIOCON 614.90 615.90 610.40 611.70 1.45 BEML 973.90 989.90 972.80 977.50 BIOCON 613.00 616.20 610.00 611.55 KSCL 454.30 455.90 448.75 451.00 SUPREMEIND 1065.00 1078.70 1052.40 1065.80 GILLETTE 6560.15 6584.50 6440.00 6532.75 OFSS 3355.00 3375.90 3328.00 3360.00 7.70 L&TFH 144.65 148.45 144.50 147.60 TATAMTRDVR 87.95 87.95 85.20 86.15 IBULISL 275.00 293.60 275.00 279.95 LAXMIMACH 6185.00 6185.00 6025.60 6067.20 ASAHIINDIA 260.65 261.80 258.00 258.55 MRF 56399.00 56399.00 56050.00 56120.00 113.75 VIPIND 451.15 472.50 451.15 467.75 IRB 140.00 143.30 140.00 142.20 VGUARD 216.00 217.95 214.45 217.20 ASTRAZEN 1971.25 1999.80 1961.20 1969.10 TEAMLEASE 3000.00 3006.00 2955.10 2971.60 NMDC 105.00 106.30 103.30 104.95 0.15 MGL 978.95 1008.65 978.95 997.60 GRUH 259.10 263.00 258.00 261.90 CORPBANK 27.90 28.70 27.05 27.80 GMDCLTD 82.05 82.15 80.55 80.80 APARINDS 660.35 666.00 660.35 663.00 BOSCHLTD 18257.00 18257.00 18075.00 18200.00 17.40 HEG 2002.20 2045.00 2000.00 2013.35 PETRONET 239.60 241.10 237.00 237.95 KAJARIACER 553.00 563.80 549.30 562.00 JSL 38.50 40.60 38.50 39.60 RATNAMANI 892.75 904.95 867.95 874.15 BANDHANBNK 492.00 493.55 487.00 487.85 0.00 GNFC 291.05 303.40 291.05 300.75 NAVKARCORP 39.90 41.00 38.80 39.50 RAJESHEXPO 654.50 659.40 652.50 655.55 JAGRAN 112.65 115.40 111.75 114.25 TIFHL 480.00 480.00 455.65 462.60 ACC 1583.80 1590.00 1555.05 1573.50 -2.40 JSWSTEEL 277.30 282.45 276.55 281.30 CASTROLIND 161.00 164.15 160.75 163.55 DCBBANK 196.00 200.00 195.40 199.15 SIS 890.00 890.00 853.00 860.75 SUNCLAYLTD 2835.05 2954.95 2815.00 2858.20 ABB 1335.00 1344.00 1320.05 1332.00 -2.65 HEXAWARE 333.25 333.25 325.05 328.15 SRF 2440.00 2476.15 2406.00 2463.00 CCL 289.55 294.00 279.75 293.20 DCAL 204.00 207.55 203.00 205.15 GEPIL 812.30 813.00 803.05 812.95 PGHH 10348.00 10550.00 10323.75 10354.05 -44.95 JAICORPLTD 107.55 111.60 107.50 110.50 CHENNPETRO 256.65 266.60 256.25 264.30 DEEPAKFERT 134.05 135.15 130.10 132.25 SHREECEM 17900.00 18334.00 17830.55 18056.95 ELGIEQUIP 240.00 242.50 237.00 240.50 SBILIFE 612.00 617.90 606.80 607.45 -3.60 M&MFIN 414.00 414.55 405.60 411.65 SOBHA 452.55 468.25 447.70 457.60 RAMCOCEM 710.55 713.60 702.05 709.90 APLAPOLLO 1413.80 1429.70 1390.00 1424.40 SHRIRAMCIT 1798.60 1818.25 1782.00 1784.95 CONCOR 508.00 510.00 502.80 503.00 -3.15 DABUR 422.25 431.40 420.75 424.55 STAR 438.05 446.90 437.45 445.10 CYIENT* 674.95 674.95 660.00 660.25 WHIRLPOOL 1512.70 1532.80 1503.00 1527.75 SOLARINDS 1043.75 1043.75 1018.50 1019.80 PETRONET 239.55 241.15 237.10 237.30 -1.55 BEL 91.90 93.25 91.80 92.35 BATAINDIA 1338.35 1357.00 1334.80 1353.50 BALMLAWRIE 188.00 189.00 182.50 184.35 SONATSOFTW 326.75 333.40 326.70 330.00 JCHAC 1890.00 1921.00 1875.10 1888.35 MCDOWELL-N 552.00 558.45 546.05 548.00 -4.10 JMFINANCIL 86.75 89.20 86.30 87.85 TORNTPOWER 254.95 256.80 251.10 254.05 THOMASCOOK 232.20 239.75 225.40 237.05 BAJAJHLDNG 3268.00 3274.95 3210.30 3249.65 SCHAEFFLER 5442.75 5455.00 5351.05 5450.85 GICRE 242.25 248.20 239.00 239.95 -1.85 PCJEWELLER 79.10 80.65 78.75 79.95 OBEROIRLTY 513.30 523.45 513.30 520.00 RELAXO 752.10 763.00 747.10 758.95 GSKCONS 6942.60 6990.00 6928.00 6969.30 HONAUT 21925.00 22100.00 21900.05 22014.50 ASHOKLEY 87.60 88.10 85.35 86.70 -0.80 ADANIPOWER 48.60 48.75 47.50 47.80 ABFRL 219.65 222.40 216.00 217.70 TATACOFFEE 88.35 91.30 88.35 89.90 ATUL 3336.05 3399.00 3336.05 3388.80 SFL 1307.00 1328.00 1290.00 1290.00 IDEA 30.25 30.45 29.35 29.50 -0.75 STRTECH 220.85 222.75 218.55 219.25 MPHASIS 958.30 961.30 940.30 951.15 OFSS 3349.00 3395.00 3328.05 3361.20 ABB 1336.65 1340.85 1322.60 1333.30 MAHSCOOTER 3358.55 3368.05 3352.00 3366.35 LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 world 13

Indo-Pak relations to remain UK govt defiant as Parl I regret not testifying at my tense till polls in India: Khan takes control of Brexit trial: Gupta AP n LONDON ment. May’s authority is which passed 329-302, hope New York (PTI): Rajat Gupta, PTI n ISLAMABAD till forthcoming general elec- hanging by a thread after 30 to find an alternative that India-born former Managing tions in India. We are already ritish Prime Minister members of her can command a majority in Director of McKinsey, feels not rime Minister Imran Khan prepared to avert any aggres- BTheresa May’s govern- Conservative Party defied Parliament by holding a testifying at his high-profile Phas said Indo-Pak relations sion from India,” Dawn quot- ment remained defiant after her instructions and voted series of “indicative votes” insider trading trial was a “bad would remain tense till the gen- ed Khan as saying. Parliament took partial con- for Parliament to take con- on other options. call” and regrets not taking the eral elections in India are over, Khan also claimed that he trol of the stalled process of trol of the process. Those alternatives could stand in his defence.Gupta, 70, adding he feared “another mis- cancelled his scheduled meet- leaving the European Union, Three government min- include a “soft Brexit” that has penned his memoir ‘Mind adventure” by Pakistan’s eastern ing with the Taliban in arguing Tuesday that the isters resigned rather than maintains close economic Without Fear’ that released neighbour. Tensions between Islamabad due to “concerns” maneuvering simply under- vote with the government. ties with the EU or scrap- Monday and tells of his dramat- India and Pakistan escalated expressed by the Afghan gov- scores the need for law- Almost three years after ping Brexit entirely. Jacob ic rise to the top of the corporate after the February 14 attack by ernment. makers to approve her Britons voted to leave the Rees-Mogg, a leading pro- and financial world in America Pakistan-based Jaish-e- The Taliban last month twice-defeated deal. The EU, the date and terms of its Brexit Conservative, and then his fall after being Mohammed in Pulwama. said that its representatives House of Commons voted departure are up in the air. acknowledged that “the charged in 2012 in one of the Amid mounting outrage, would visit Islamabad to meet late Monday to wrest the Last week the EU granted choice seems to be Mrs. largest insider trading cases in the Indian Air Force carried Prime Minister Khan on parliamentary timetable Britain a delay to the sched- May’s deal or no Brexit.” the US. He served a 19-month out a counter-terror opera- February 18. Media reports away from the government uled March 29 exit date, “I have always thought prison term and was released in tion, hitting what it said was a later suggested that the Taliban temporarily so that law- saying that if Parliament that ‘no deal’ is better than 2016. JeM training camp in Balakot, called off the meeting as most makers can vote on alterna- approved the proposed May’s deal, but May’s deal is “I always believed that I deep inside Pakistan on Indian pilot, who was handed Modi’s administration could go of the members of their nego- tives to the withdrawal divorce deal, the UK would better than not leaving at should testify and I kept telling February 26. The next day, over to India later. Khan said for “another misadventure” tiating team could not travel to agreement May negotiated leave the EU on May 22. all,” he said on the this to my lawyers. Till the very Pakistan Air Force retaliated shadows of war were still hov- before the general elec- Pakistan due to sanctions with the EU. If not, the government Conservative Home pod- last weekend (of the trial) I was and downed a MiG-21 in an ering over Pakistan and India tions.“The danger is not over. imposed on them by the US The government, which has until April 12 to tell the cast. Cabinet ministers gath- going to testify,” Gupta told PTI aerial combat and captured an as Prime Minister Narendra The situation will remain tense and the United Nations. usually controls the sched- 27 remaining EU countries ering Tuesday for their reg- in an interview here. uling of votes in Parliament, what it plans to do — leave ular meeting were expected The former director of said the lawmakers’ move without a deal, cancel Brexit to demand that Goldman Sachs said he had “upends the balance or chart a path to a new Conservative Party law- been telling his lawyers to pre- Nirav Modi to between our democratic option. May is continuing to makers be allowed to follow pare him to testify in court and nd institutions and sets a dan- push for approval of her their consciences, rather he had been preparing himself make 2 bail gerous, unpredictable prece- deal with the EU even than vote the party line, for it. He, however, said that his dent for the future.” though the House of during the debate lawyers advised him throughout But Health Secretary Commons overwhelmingly Wednesday on alternatives the case that he should not take application at Matt Hancock told the BBC rejected it during votes in to the prime minister’s deal. the stand in the courtroom. that the government won’t January and March. “Parliament should seek “They kept saying don’t tes- next hearing “pre-commit” to accepting She has warned pro- urgently to resolve the situ- tify, don’t testify. It was a bad call the option backed by law- Brexit legislators that con- ation by considering alter- on my part. I always regret it (not makers because they may tinuing to reject the deal natives freely, without the testifying in court),” he said, on Friday come up with a plan that is could lead to a “slow Brexit” instruction of party whips, adding that it was a very difficult London (PTI): Fugitive dia- impractical. that postpones the coun- and government should circumstance for him since he mond merchant Nirav Modi, “If the Commons voted try’s departure indefinitely. adopt any feasible outcome did not know anything about the wanted in India on fraud and for the sun to rise in the Richard Harrington, who as its own in order to legal system. “Here were my money laundering charges west, the government would resigned as a business min- progress matters,” said lawyers, my advisers who are amounting to USD 2 billion, is not be able to implement ister to vote in favor of Alistair Burt, who quit his supposed to be in my interest. set to appear before that,” he said. “The best way Monday’s motion, accused role in the Foreign Office Right? They kept saying don’t Westminster Magistrates Court through this impasse is the the government of “playing after defying May on testify,” he said. Gupta said in London on Friday, when his one deal that has been nego- roulette” with people and Monday. “I did not believe throughout his life as a consul- legal team will make a second tiated with the EU that can businesses lives by failing to the government was pre- tant, he has given advice to his bail application. The 48-year-old be delivered quickly now,” resolve Britain’s Brexit pared to do that, so had to clients and they listened to him. had been denied bail by District In this handout photo provided by the UK Parliament, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement on Brexit to the Hancock said, referring to impasse. Lawmakers who vote to ensure this hap- “The situation was reversed. I Judge Marie Mallon at his first House of Commons, London on Monday. AP the prime minister’s agree- backed Monday’s motion, pens.” was the client. hearing soon after his arrest by Scotland Yard officers from a central London bank branch as he tried to open a new bank account and has been in custody Pentagon authorises USD1 billion fund China destroys 30,000 maps for at HMP Wandsworth prison in south-west London since last Wednesday. “He is expected to transfer to build US-Mexico border wall showing Arunachal as part of India PTI n WASHINGTON him, which according to ana- PTI n BEIJING he Pentagon has notified lysts is unlikely to happen. TCongress that it has autho- Meanwhile, Senate Democrats hina has destroyed 30,000 rised the transfer of USD 1 bil- immediately objected to the Cworld maps printed in the lion to begin building a new wall transfer of USD 1 billion to country for export for not along the US-Mexico border, an build fencing along the south- mentioning Arunachal election campaign promise of ern border to block drug smug- Pradesh and Taiwan as part of President Donald Trump, draw- gling. Chinese territory, the officla ing immediate objections from Every Democratic senator media reported on Tuesday. senior Democratic lawmak- on the Senate Appropriations China claims the north-eastern ers.The funds are the first under Committee’s subcommittees on Indian state of Arunachal the national emergency declared Defense and Military Pradesh as part of South Tibet. be produced before the court for by President Trump to bypass Construction, Veterans Affairs China routinely objects to a second bail application hear- Congress and build the barrier and Related Agencies signed on Indian leaders visiting ing on March 29,” a court offi- he pledged during his 2016 to a letter written to Shanahan Arunachal Pradesh to high- cial confirmed on Tuesday. election campaign. the southern border.The Congress refused his requests objecting to moving USD 1 bil- light its stand. Crown Prosecution Service Trump had promised to Department of Defense autho- for USD 5.7 billion to construct lion in personnel funds to India says the State of (CPS) barrister Jonathan Swain, build a “big beautiful wall”, rised the Army Corp of the wall. By declaring an emer- counter drug funds to go toward Arunachal Pradesh is its inte- arguing on behalf of the Indian which he said would prevent Engineers to begin planning and gency he sought to bypass the wall. The senators say the gral and inalienable part and world maps were meant for legitimate and necessary, authorities, had objected to illegal migration and drug traf- construction for the project Congress and build the wall Pentagon did not seek permis- Indian leaders visit Arunachal export to an “unspecified because sovereignty and terri- Modi’s bail plea during last ficking from Mexico. Though Monday night. with military funding. sion before notifying the com- Pradesh from time to time, as country”, state-run Global torial integrity are the most week’s hearing, stressing that he Trump said Mexico would pay The department will direct The Democratic-controlled mittee of the transfer. they visit other parts of the Times reported on Tuesday. important things to a country. was wanted in India for “high for the wall, the neighbouring the funds toward 18-foot-high House of Representatives passed “We strongly object to country. Almost 30,000 “incor- “Both Taiwan and South value and sophisticated” fraud country has made it clear that fencing along the Yuma and El a resolution to overturn the both the substance of the The two countries have so rect” world maps, showing Tibet are parts of China’s ter- and money laundering amount- it would not foot the bill. Paso sections of the border, emergency last month, and 12 funding transfer, and to the far held 21 rounds of talks to Taiwan as a separate country ritory which is sacred and ing to USD 2 billion. A Pentagon budget repro- according to a letter acting Republicans later sided with Department implementing the resolve the border dispute cov- and wrong depiction of the inviolable based on the inter- Judge Mallon had ruled in gramming notification sent to Secretary of Defense Patrick Democratic Senators to get it transfer without seeking the ering 3,488-km-long Line of Sino-Indian border, were national law,” Liu Wenzong, favour of the Indian authorities, Capitol Hill on Monday indi- Shanahan sent to Secretary of through the Senate. However, approval of the congressional Actual Control (LAC). China destroyed by the customs professor from the depart- saying that she was convinced cates that up to USD 1 billion Homeland Security Kirstjen Trump vetoed the resolution defense committees and in vio- also claims the estranged island authorities in Qingdao in east- ment of International Law of Modi had the means and incen- will go toward building nearly Nielsen, CNN reported. earlier this month. Congress will lation of provisions in the of Taiwan as part of its territory ern Shandong province, it China Foreign Affairs tive to jump bail and “fail to sur- 92km of fencing, improving President Trump declared the now need a two-thirds majori- defense appropriation itself,” that must be reunified with the said.“What China did in the University was quoted as say- render”. roads and other measures on emergency on February 15 after ty in both chambers to override the senators wrote. mainland, even by force. The map market was absolutely ing. F-16s escort S’pore flight after bomb threat US accuses China of impeding access to Tibet Washington/Beijing (PTI): The Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act, speaking with local contacts, ing against the Chinese rule. Singapore (PTI): A Singapore regret that we are unable to pro- child were held back for ques- US has accused China of “sys- passed with bipartisan support in interrogated them and restrict- While Beijing views the Dalai Airlines flight from Mumbai to vide further details,” a statement tioning by the police, who are tematically” impeding access to December. ed their movement in these Lama as a separatist who seeks Singapore with 263 passengers on issued by the airline said. investigating the incident. Tibet by imposing restrictions “The Chinese government areas,” the report said. to split Tibet from China, the board Tuesday received a bomb The Republic of Singapore Preliminary checks showed that that have barred diplomats and systematically impeded travel The State Department said 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate threat, prompting Singapore Air Air Force said two F16C/Ds the airline received a call after the foreign journalists from visiting to the Tibetan Autonomous that China last year rejected five says he only wants greater rights Force to send two F-16s to escort escorted the SIA aeroplane. The plane left Mumbai’s airport on the remote Himalayan region, Region (TAR) and Tibetan areas of the nine US requests to visit for Tibetans, including religious the aircraft. RSAF said in a Facebook post that Monday at about 11.35pm local drawing a strong reaction from outside the TAR for US diplo- Tibet. freedom and autonomy. The flight landed safely at two F-16C/Ds were scrambled to time. The caller claimed that Beijing which warned that mats and officials, journalists and China sent troops into Quoting the Foreign Singapore’s Changi International intercept the SIA flight. “Our there was a bomb on the plane. Washington’s interference in its tourists in 2018,” said the report. remote, mountainous Tibet in Correspondents’ Club of China, Airport on Tuesday around 8 am fighters escorted the airliner till it The plane, a Boeing 777-300ER, internal affairs would harm bilat- Even visits by US diplomats 1950 in what it officially terms a the State Department said that (local time), the airline added. Singapore on March 26, 2019, at landed safely at Changi Airport,” had departed Mumbai’s eral ties. were “highly restricted,” it said. peaceful liberation and has ruled only seven international jour- “Singapore Airlines confirms there about 0800hrs (local time). it said. All passengers, except for Chhatrapati Shivaji International The US State Department in “Chinese government-designat- there ever since. The Dalai Lama, nalists sought permission to was a bomb threat concerning “There were 263 passengers on a woman and a child, disem- Airport at 11.36pm local time on a report documented access ed minders followed US diplo- the highest figure in Tibetan visit Tibetan areas last year, SQ423 operating from Mumbai to board. We are assisting the author- barked safely and had to under- Monday, according to website problems to Tibet. The report to mats and officials at all times, Buddhism, fled into exile in compared with dozens in past Singapore. The aircraft arrived in ities with their investigations and go screening. The woman and the FlightAware. Congress, mandated by the prevented them from meeting or India in 1959 after a failed upris- years. ‘Techoference’ disrupting sleep, productivity: Study GLOBE TROTTING Bieber to come up with new album soon, says PTI n MELBOURNE aches and pains. “When we talk from 28.8 per cent), and 41.6 about technoference we’re per cent of men thought this. he is ‘repairing some of deep-rooted issues’ xcessive use of mobile referring to the everyday intru- About 8.4 per cent of women Ephones is making people sions and interruptions that and 7.9 per cent of men have Los Angeles: Pop star Justin Bieber says he will soon make a comeback lose sleep and become less people experience due to aches and pains they attribute to the music scene with a new album, a follow up to his 2015 LP productive, according to an mobile phones and their usage,” to mobile phone use, ‘Purpose’. The 25-year-old singer said he is currently busy “repair- Australian study that found a said Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios researchers said. ing” some deep-rooted issues and needs to sort things out to sustain jump in ‘technoference’ over from QUT. The survey results also his marriage. “I read a lot of messages saying you want an album .. the past 13 years. Researchers “Our survey found tech- indicated that phones were I’ve toured my whole teenage life, and early 20s, I realised and as you from Queensland University of noference had increased being used as a coping strate- guys probably saw I was unhappy last tour and I don’t deserve that and Technology (QUT) in Australia among men and women, across gy, with one in four women and you don’t deserve that, you pay money to come and have a lively surveyed 709 mobile phone all ages,” said Oviedo- one in six men saying they’d energetic fun light concert and I was unable emotionally to users across Australia aged 18 Trespalacios. “For example, rather use their phone than give you that near the end of the tour. “I have been looking, to 83 in 2018, using questions self-reports relating to loss of time functioning due to lack of productivity decreased as a deal with more pressing issues. seeking, trial and error as most of us do, I am now very replicated from a similar sur- sleep and productivity showed sleep and increasing dereliction direct result of the time they “Rapid technological inno- focused on repairing some of the deep rooted issues that I vey back in 2005. that these negative outcomes of responsibilities. spend on their mobile — com- vations over the past few years have as most of us have, so that I don’t fall apart, so that I They then compared the had significantly increased dur- According to the survey, pared to none in 2005 — and have led to dramatic changes in can sustain my marriage and be the father I want to be. findings and discovered sig- ing the last 13 years,” he said. one in five women (19.5 per 14 per cent of women have also today’s mobile phone technol- Music is very important to me but Nothing comes before nificant increases in people The findings, published in cent) and one in eight men noticed a productivity decline. ogy — which can improve the my family and my health,” Bieber posted on Instagram. The blaming their phones for losing the journal Frontiers in (11.8 per cent) now lose sleep Over 54 per cent of women quality of life for phone users singer, who got married to Hailey Baldwin last year, has sleep, becoming less produc- Psychiatry, suggest that mobile due to the time they spend on believe their friends will find it but also result in some negative been candid about his recent struggles, previously asking tive, taking more risks while phones are potentially increas- their mobile phone. About 12.6 hard to get in touch with them outcomes,” said Oviedo- his followers to pray for him in another Instagram post. driving and even getting more ingly affecting aspects of day- per cent of the men said their if they do not have a mobile (up Trespalacios. LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 sport 14

Ronaldo injured as Serbia hold Portugal

AFP n LISBON to take a shock lead over the Euro 2016 winners. aptain Cristiano Ronaldo was denied CRonaldo left the field an equaliser two minutes Raheem Sterling reacts after winning the match 5-1 AP with a thigh injury as later as his effort was very Portugal drew 1-1 against well saved Marko Serbia in an Euro 2020 Dmitrovic. qualifier on Monday. The 156-time interna- Ronaldo was replaced tional left the field on the after 30 minutes in Lisbon half hour mark after he as Fernando Santos' reign- pulled up chasing a ball on ing European champions the left wing. RACIST ABUSE OVERSHADOWS drew for a second time in He received quick their opening two games treatment from members of the campaign after they of the medical team before Danny Rose suffers racial abuse as Three Lions were held by Ukraine on returning to action but Friday. was replaced by Pizzi min- romp Montenegro 5-1 to continue excellent run There was no word utes later as Pepe took 5-STAR ENGLAND whether the five-time over the skipper's arm- Ballon d'Or winner would band. AFP n PODGORICA Do something that's going to make Southgate's trust in youth was Nine minutes later, Barkley applied be fit for to play for his The visitors were level them think twice. If their team can't play again rewarded as 18-year-old Callum the finishing touch after Hudson- club Juventus in the first with three minutes of the aheem Sterling believes UEFA with fans, it's going to be difficult." Hudson-Odoi, who is yet to start a Odoi's positive run into the box and leg of their Champions first half to play. Porto's should punish alleged racist Sterling also tweeted a photo of his Premier League game for Chelsea, shot which his club teammate turned League quarter-final at Danilo Pereira hammered Rchanting aimed at England play- celebration with the message: shone on his full international NINE MINUTES in from close range. Ajax on April 10. his shot from outside the ers in Monday's 5-1 win over "Best way to silence the haters debut, while Declan Rice, 20, Further goals from Barkley, Harry William Carvalho box into the top corner Montenegro in Podgorica with a stadi- (and yeah I mean racists)." was also handed his first LATER, BARKLEY Kane and Sterling rounded off an wasted the best of the past a helpless Dmitrovic. um closure. England manager England start. APPLIED THE excellent start to qualifying for England early chances at Benfica's Carvalho should have Manchester City's Sterling celebrat- Gareth Southgate said he "Fabulous performance," after a 5-0 thrashing of Czech Republic two-thirds empty Estadio put his side into the lead ed the visitors' fifth goal by cupping his heard racist chants aimed said Southgate on Hudson- FINISHING TOUCH on Friday. da Luz. 25 minutes into the sec- ears towards the home fans on a night at Danny Rose and Odoi. "With young players it AFTER HUDSON- Sterling scored a hat-trick against Serbia failed to clear ond half. Guerreiro when another impressive performance promised to report the issue is always up to them. You can the Czechs at Wembley, but also played the ball in the box before chipped a cross to the to start Euro 2020 qualifying by the to UEFA. see the talent, his applica- ODOI'S POSITIVE provider here as his cut-back broke per- it fell to the unmarked back post, Bernardo Silva Three Lions was overshadowed. "There is no doubt in tion has been excellent. RUN INTO THE BOX fectly for Barkley to coolly side-foot Real Betis midfielder then played it into the "I just want to show them you need my mind it happened. He's got to continue that." home. who's side-footed shot middle of the box but more than that to upset us and stop us," We will make sure that is England are not used AND SHOT WHICH The Manchester City winger then glanced past the post after Carvalho couldn't make a Sterling told Sky Sports. reported to UEFA because to falling behind these days, but HIS CLUB led a rapid counter-attack with only five minutes. solid enough contact with "It's 2019 now, I keep saying it. It's it's not acceptable," said Southgate. showed a resilience to bounce back after Kane for company and squared for the Ajax playmaker Tadic the ball to challenge a shame to see this going on and we can "We've got to make sure we support our Marko Vesovic turned inside Michael TEAMMATE TURNED England captain to tap home his 22nd opened the scoring from Dmitrovic. only bring awareness to the situation. players." Keane and curled past Jordan Pickford international goal. the penalty spot two min- Fernando Santos' out- "It's now time for the people in on 17 minutes. IN FROM CLOSE And after scoring just twice in his utes later. Wolves goal- fit were denied a second charge to put a real stamp on it because ENG AMONG FAVOURITES Keane made amends for his earli- RANGE first 45 caps, Sterling now has six goals keeper Rui Patricio collid- penalty on 73 minutes you can fine someone, but what is that On the field, the World Cup semi- er error with a commanding header in his last four England games as he ed with an advancing after the linesman over- going to do? finalists showed why they are among from Ross Barkley's free-kick on the raced onto Jordan Henderson's through Mijat Gacinovic in the ruled referee Szymon "You've got to make it a bit harder, the favourites to be European champi- half hour mark to settle England's ball before slotting low past the goal- box and Tadic tucked the Marciniak's original deci- punish fans that can't come to games. ons next year. nerves. keeper. spot kick away with ease sion for off-side. France cruise past Iceland India beat hosts Malaysia 4-2

AFP n PARIS manager Erik Hamren. to put distance on a clearance. "Five shots on goal and they France moved the ball to PTI n IPOH in the 17th minute. Later, with a powerful flick, keeping ylian Mbappe scored one scored four. That's top class" Pavard who swerved a cross in Mandeep helped India win their the ball low to the left. The 3-1 Kand set up two more as From the start Mbappe's from the right that lured ndia struck four times after a first PC but after several re-takes lead put pressure on the hosts. France routed Iceland 4-0 at the movement mesmerised the Halldorsson into a desperate Igoal-less first quarter to tame India could not extend their The fourth quarter, though Stade de France on Monday Icelanders, though his contribu- dive for a ball he could not hosts Malaysia 4-2, climbing to lead. saw Malaysia score a field goal night to move to the top of tion to the opening goal after 11 reach. the second spot in the Sultan Soon Malaysia won their through Firhan Ashari in the Group H in Euro 2020 qualify- minutes was straightforward. Giroud kneed the ball into Azlan Shah Cup hockey tourna- second PC of the match and 57th minute who did well to beat ing. The visitors cleared a cor- the empty net for his 35th ment, here Tuesday. Razie Rahim did not disappoint Sreejesh at post after he had The result gives France six ner only as far as Benjamin France goal. That moved him Sumit Kumar (17th min), the home crowd as he struck low made two great saves earlier in points from their first two Pavard. The right back switched into third on the all-time list of Sumit Kumar junior (27th min), to give Malaysia an equaliser in the quarter. matches and puts them ahead the ball to Mbappe, alone on France scorers, breaking a tie drag flicker Varun Kumar and the 21st minute. In the 58th minute, a bril- Turkey, who also won 4-0 on the left. The young star had with David Trezeguet. The Mandeep Singh (58th min) The third quarter was liant circle entry and assist by Monday, on goal difference. time to aim his cross which Chelsea striker trails only found the net for India. intense with both teams rallying Sumit Kumar Jr to Mandeep "It was our objective to take Samuel Umititi met at the near Michel Platini, on 41, and Razie Rahim (27th min) on counter attacks but India Singh helped him score India's six points but the manner was post with a header that glanced Thierry Henry, the all-time and Firhan Ashari (57th min) remained determined. They fourth goal ending the match on good as well," France manager off the inside of the far post and leader on 51. scored for the hosts. a 1-1 draw against Korea. top of the circle saw Hardik challenged the Malaysian 4-2. Didier Deschamps told the into the goal. Mbappe added a third after With two wins and a draw, Five minutes into the game, Singh work in tandem with defence with solid circle entries. India's defence did not post-match press conference. Four minutes later, Giroud 78 minutes. Griezmann slipped India moved up to the second Malaysia won their first penal- Mandeep Singh to set up a shot Mandeep Singh worked his make any last-minute minute to Deschamps praised his almost headed another, from a a pass between two defenders position in the table with seven ty corner but Krishan B Pathak, on goal. magic yet again winning India take home three points. Birendra team's "offensive efficiency" cross by Pavard, but Hannes to the advancing Mbappe who points behind Korea (7). guarding India's post brilliant- It was eventually Sumit who another important PC. Lakra was named the man-of- against a "dense" Icelandic Halldorsson leapt and stretched shrugged off a timid challenge India had beaten Japan 2-0 ly saved it. got the right deflection helping Taken by dragflicker Varun the-match for his efforts in defence. to palm the ball over. and slid the ball past in the first match before playing Varun Kumar's pass into the India take an important 1-0 lead Kumar, he scored on a re-take helping India defend their lead. "When the opponent plays For the next 45 minutes, Halldorson. very defensively it can be very France, who have never lost to Six minutes later, Mbappe difficult to find a way through Iceland, gave the impression returned the assist with a neat AFP n MIAMI Romanian made light work of so that was a good sign," said that they had slipped down a backheel that sent Griezmann the 38-year-old American to Deschamps, although he couple of gears and were con- scampering through the frozen oger Federer admits he Federer wary of Medvedev book a place in the quarter- acknowledged that Icelandic tent to take the long-range Icelandic backline to poke the Rfaces a real battle to land the finals with a 6-3, 6-3 win. fatigue near the end played a shooting opportunities the ball into the corner of the goal. 101st title of his career with the "I was pretty strong with role. packed Iceland defence was "We've started well with in-form Daniel Medvedev next my serve and knew where to He added that he was allowing. two nice team performances" up after Serbian Filip Krajinovic after Miami victory bother her," said the reigning pleased that all three strikers — Iceland meanwhile worked Paul Pogba told French broad- was dispatched 7-5, 6-3 on French Open champion who Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann courageously and managed to cster M6. Monday at the ATP and WTA will meet China's Wang Qiang and Oivier Giroud — scored. force the occasional small "We knew what we were up Miami Open. in the last eight. "They are the champions of threat. against. They are a team that The Swiss superstar pro- "When I saw I can win the world and you saw that After 68 minutes, Iceland doesn't let in a lot of goals but duced an excellent all-round easy games with my serve, it today," acknowledged Iceland were again punished for failing today we did our job." performance despite being test- gave me great confidence," ed by the world number 103 she added. who belied his lowly ranking by Bianca Andreescu, the 18- producing some excellent ten- year-old Canadian sensation LOCAL EVENTS nis during an exciting first set. who won the title in Indian Federer, however, stylishly Wells, was forced to withdraw AWADH ACADEMY WIN 6-2, 6-4; Eram Zaidi bt Sas Katiyar 7-5, 4-6, 6- weathered the storm to seal the in the second set of her fourth Awadh Cricket Academy defeated National 0 win — the 52nd of his career in round match with Anett Cricket Club by three wickets in a league match Girl’s U-16: Tanushree Pandey bt Harshali 6- Miami — and set up an intrigu- Kontaveit. of the 15th BBD ‘C’ Cricket League at KD Singh 4, 6-1; Yati Besain bt Shagun Kumari 6-4, 7-5; ing last eight match with the Andreescu was 1-6, 0-2 ‘Babu’ Stadium on Tuesday. Sachi Patwardhan bt Tavishi Saxena; Erram Zaidi highly-rated Medvedev. down before a shoulder injury BRIEF SCORES: bt Pakhi 6-2, 6-2 The Russian, who is at a ruined her chances of anoth- NCC: 182 (Krishna 55, Avishkar 25, Vijay 21; (PQF) Boy’s U-18: Aman Kumar bt Akshay career high ranking of 15, saw er run to the finals. Paramveer 33/3, Amit Kumar 39/3, Sakal 41/2) Garg 6-0, 6-1; Abhiraj Sen bt Krish Waghani 6- off American Reilly Opelka 7- The Estonian will meet ACA: 183 (Sakal Mitra 49, Aditya 37, Satyam 1, 6-3; Anand Gupta bt G Krishnpriyan 7-6(8), 6 (7/5), 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/0), and Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei who 26, Amit 22; Krishna 33/4, Amitesh 15/2) 6-0; Namit Mishra bt Aroon Sameul 6-2, 6-3; has won four ATP hard-court continued her excellent form Aditya Saraswat bt Siddharth Reddy 6-3, 6-3; titles, including three since last with a 6-3, 6-7 (0/7), 6-2 win TANUSHREE ENTERS QFS Devaharshit bt Sarnaav Ghosh 6-2, 6-2; Amaan August. Roger Federer returns a shot to his opponent (right) Simona Halep in action during the match AP over Caroline Wozniacki. Tanujshree Pandey of UP beat Prashansha Wasim bt Siddharth Yadav 7-5, 6-2; Vaibhav Federer beat him twice Petra Kvitova, the world Srivastava of Bihar to enter the semi-final of All- Singh bt Abhijit Singh 6-3, 7-6(1) last year but is already a fan. "It's a bit of a different with his ankle, left foot and Jordan Thompson in straight number 3, booked her place in India Tennis Association Championship at La Boy’s U-16: Devaharshit bt Aditya Shukla 6-0, "He's clever how he plays approach.Thankfully I played hand restricted him to just sets ensuring the Australian the last eight, beating Caroline Martiniere on Tuesday. Tanushree also pipped 6-2; Anshuman Singh bt Shourya Singh 6-3, 6- the court because he can play him last year twice in Basel and seven tournaments in the first will meet 2018 Wimbledon Garcia 6-3, 6-3 in a match Harshali of Maharashtra to book the U-16 semi- 1; Namit Mishra bt Mukul Lodhi 6-1, 6-1; it up and down, and he's Shanghai and I'm very seven months of 2018. finalist Kevin Anderson who which was held up for one final berth also. Suryansh Negi bt Siddharth Reddy 6-2, 6-3; unusual when he plays from impressed about his progress. beat Portugal's Joao Sousa 6- hour and 40 minutes because RESULTS: Raghav Singhal bt Sarnaav Ghosh 6-3, 6-1; Krish back," said the Swiss, who hit I must say the last year has HALEP DOWNS VENUS 4, 7-6 (8/6). of rain in South Florida. (QF) Girl’s U-18: 1-Tanushree Pandey bt Waghani bt Siddharth Yadav 6-3, 6-4; Daksh 14 aces and won an impressive been unbelievable for him." Elsewhere, number 24 Simona Halep, meanwhile, Kvitova plays Australian Prashansha Srivastava 6-3, 6-4; Harshali bt Pakhi Singh bt Om Yadav 6-4, 6-1; Amaan Wasim bt 74% of points on his first Krajinovic struggled with seed Grigor Dimitrov was got the better of Venus Ashleigh Barty for a place in Bhatt 6-2, 6-1; Sachi Patwardhan bt Yati Besain Arjun Sharma 6-4, 6-4. serve. injury last year as problems beaten by world number 77 Williams once again as the the semi-finals. 15

LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 LEADERBOARD RUNS 103 Rishabh Pant (SRH) WICKETS 4 Imran Tahir (CSK) 6S 50 Ashwin's action speak for him { and represent him when I looked} 4S 134 up to the eyes of his teammates — PADDY UPTON

Up Next CSK edge past Delhi Capitals KXIP face KKR in backdrop PTI n NEW DELHI of Ashwin's Mankad moment hennai Super Kings beat Delhi CCapitals by six wickets in their IPL match here on Tuesday. Live on Star Sports 1& 2 HEAD Earlier, Shikhar Dhawan TO scored a painstaking half-century HEAD in Delhi Capitals' sub-par 147 for M 23 6. vs The senior opener once again KKR KXIP KKR 15 played the role of sheet anchor in KOLKATA his 51 off 47 balls that had seven KXIP 8 boundaries but unfortunately WEDNESDAY | 8:00 PM failed to accelerate during the final overs. This left the home LAST YEAR’S MATCHES team at least 30 runs short of a * fighting score. Kolkata Knight Riders defeated From a comfortable 120 for 2 Kings XI Punjab by 31 runs at with the dangerous Rishabh Pant Indore at the crease, CSK seized the *Kings XI Punjab beat Kolkata momentum, effecting a middle- order collapse. Capitals lost four Knight Riders by 9 wickets (D/L) wickets for seven runs in just 1.5 at Kolkata overs. From 118 for 2 after 15 FOR THE RECORD overs, the last five overs yielded only 29 runs. PTI n KOLKATA * Sunil Narine will become the With the ball stopping and 38th player to complete a century coming, Capitals batsmen found kipper R Ashwin is in the eye of a of matches in IPL. He played all Dwayne Bravo's (3/33 in 4 overs) Sstorm after 'Mankading' a rival matches for Kolkara Knight variations difficult to handle. player but a winning start will keep Riders since 2012. Gautam Ravindra Jadeja (1/23 in 4 overs) Kings XI Punjab upbeat when they face also made life difficult for the home favourites Kolkata Knight Riders Gambhir (108) and Yusuf Pathan Capitals in the middle overs and in an IPL fixture here on Wednesday. also plyed over 100 matches for Harbhajan Singh (0/30 in 4 overs) It was Ashwin's mankading of Jos Kolkata Knight Riders between also bowled as many as 10 dot Buttler that had triggered a dramatic 2011 and 2017. balls. collapse with Kings XI Punjab restrict- * Dhawan, however, contin- ing Rajasthan Royals to 170 for nine to Chris Gayle who hit 296 sixes ued to hold one end up and hit notch up a 14-run win. in 112 innings of 113 matches, the occasional boundary in Buttler was looking in imperious needs just four sixes to become between, even as stroke making touch with 69 from 43 balls and the first batsman to smash 300 became increasingly difficult. Rajasthan well on course to overhaul sixes in IPL. Faisel Features Pant (25 off 12 balls), during the target of 185 but following the dis- his 41-run stand with Dhawan, missal they went on to lose eight wick- tried to negate the pitch factor but ets for 62 runs to hand Kings XI Punjab international cricket. did not last till the death overs. their maiden win in Jaipur. A typical slow starter, Gayle was 14 He did reach out to a short Though the dismissal was within off 18 balls but the opener hit top gear ball from Harbhajan, dispatching the rules of the game, it sparked a huge in the 12th over hammering Jaydev it over long off for a six. In the furore with spin legend and Rajasthan Unadkat for four successive boundaries. next over, his short arm pull off Royals brand ambassador Shane Warne A former KKR player, Gayle knows Dwayne Bravo was taken by labelling it as "disgraceful" and against Eden Gardens like the back of his hand Shardul Thakur at deep square the spirt of the game. as he would look to continue his leg boundary. With a debate raging over the assault on the spin-oriented KKR With Colin Ingram (2) and runout, it remains to be seen how attack. Keemo Paul (0) also being dis- Ashwin and Co. Start afresh in what Russell will be KKR's answer to missed cheaply, followed by will be their first away match of the sea- Gayle as the KKR star also fashioned Dhawan, the expectations of a son. a sensational win, smashing an unbeat- 175-plus total withered away. Kings XI's biggest star Chris Gayle en 49 from 19 balls in their opening fix- During the start of the sec- scored a 47-ball 79 and his Jamaican ture against Sunrisers Hyderabad here ond innings Chennai were at 51 rivalry with fellow mate Andre Russell, two days ago. for the loss of one wicket. who also looked in blistering touch for The win saw their star spinner and Ambati Rayadu was bowled KKR, will be one of the sub plots of the explosive opener, Sunil Narine, hurt his out for just five runs. clash here. finger and KKR would hope he is fit in Shane Watson was batting at The Universe Boss, who will retire time. 28 runs in 19 balls which includ- from ODIs after the 2019 World Cup, KKR will embark on a crucial four- ed four 4s and one 6s. While BRIEF SCORES: Chennai Super Kings: 150 for 4 has been in sensational form, smash- match away sojourn after this and they Suresh Raina was batting at 14 Delhi Capitals: 147 for 6 in 20 in 19.4 overs (Shane Warson 44, ing 39 sixes in the five-match ODI would look to keep their momentum runs in six balls which included overs (Shikhar Dhawan 51; Mahendra Singh Dhoni 32 not series against England and set the intact before they return home to face three 4s. Dwayne Bravo 3/33). out; Amit Mishra 2/35). record for most sixes by a batsman in Delhi Capitals on April 12. It was instinctive and within the rules: Ashwin

PTI n JAIPUR in the 13th over, an action popu- "Naturally if it's there in the half of the crease," he said. larly known as 'Mankading'. TV rules, it's there. Probably, we need The Kings XI skipper lauded napologetic about replays showed that Ashwin had to go back to the rules," India's his bowlers for bringing the team U'Mankading' Jos Buttler in an waited for Buttler to move out of premier Test spinner said. back into the contest. IPL match here, senior Indian off- the crease before removing the When probed further on "We all know that after six spinner Ravichandran Ashwin bails. whether it affects the 'spirit of the overs it is going to slow down. said his decision was "instinctive" "Look it was very instinctive. game', the irritation was palpable Credit to bowlers on how they and cricket laws should be recon- It wasn't planned or anything on his face. bowled. I have been working on sidered if what he did was against like that. It's there within the rules "I don't understand the point a lot of variations, pretty happy the 'spirit of the game'. of the game. I don't know from because it's rules. What applies for that it came out," he said. Kings Xi Punjab captain where the understanding of the one man doesn't apply for every- "Sam (Curran) had a bad day Ashwin, in a match against Spirit of the Game comes," one else?" he asked. with the ball, but he came back Rajasthan Royals on Monday, Ashwin said at the post-match There has been a debate well. Everybody ticked their 'Mankaded' rival batsman Jos press conference. whether Ashwin deliberately boxes. We do have a few options IPL Buttler, triggering a debate on The mode of dismissal is per- delayed while loading up on his amongst us, but if we can have Jos Buttler plays a shot during a match 'spirit of the game'. missible as per ICC Rule 41.16 of delivery stride having apprehend- good five overs, there is nothing In a first in 12 editions of the playing conditions, according to ed that Buttler backs up too far. like it." IPL, Ashwin ran out a rampaging which there is no need to warn the "I didn't even load and he left Man-of-the-match Chris Buttler becomes Buttler, who was at the non- batsman as was the case in earli- the crease. It's always been my Gayle, who hit 79 off 47 balls, was IPL first victim of strikers' end, on his delivery stride er times. R Ashwin speaks during a press conference take on the crease, because it's my happy with his form. Mankading in IPL Glad that I don't have to bowl PTI n JAIPUR Rasikh Salam is going to be ajasthan Royals opener Jos Buttler Ron Monday became the first victim to Russell: Ferguson of 'Mankading' in the history of the PTI n special in next 2-3 years: Yuvraj Indian Premier League when a desper- KOLKATA Royals. ate Kings XI Punjab skipper "It's important to stick to your plan and back Ravichandran Ashwin dismissed the atching teammate Andre Russell bulldoz- yourself because in T20, if you keep working on PTI n BENGALURU On another day, he would have had a batsman in the controversial manner Wing Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers was a your strengths then definitely it will come off wicket on his debut. during their IPL match. breathtaking experience for KKR pace spearhead better." mpressed with his composure and Mumbai Indians bowling coach With Buttler going strong at 69 off Lockie Ferguson, who is happy that he does not KKR have the reputation of being a spin- Icontrol Over his swing, former India Shane Bond also praised Salam, saying 43 balls while chasing 185 runs, Ashwin have to bowl to the West Indian this IPL. oriented attack as Ferguson said it's exciting time batsman Yuvraj Singh said J&K young he was one of better bowlers for the mankaded the Rajasthan Royals open- The Jamaican single-handedly won the to be part of the bowling unit. fast bowler Rasikh Salam is going to team during its IPL opener against er without giving him any warning. match for Kolkata Knight Riders "To have the spin attack we emerge as a special player in the next Delhi. As per the laws of the game, the with his unbeaten 49 off 19 balls have, and with PK (Prasidh two to three years. "It was a challenging start but as I third umpire declared Buttler out but in their opening match. Krishna) swinging the ball and "Rasikh swung the ball in the said in the pre-camp, things are going such a dismissal had always raised eye- "It's one of those I've never being very good at the death, so nets, that is why the boys wanted to to go wrong at times. You are going to brows as it is considered against the seen anything like that person- by no means I think I'm lead- play him. He got hit for a six and four bowl a no-ball but the easy thing for spirit of the game. ally. That was unbelievable. I'm ing. We all do our part. Andre in the last two balls. Other than that, Rasikh to do would have been to go to As expected Buttler seemed furi- pretty excited he's not on my Russell also got the wickets." he bowled well," Yuvraj, who scored a pieces but he certainly didn't. I thought ous and had a heated exchange with side, I don't have to bowl to Having added some more half-century on his debut match for the he showed great composure and was Ashwin before leaving the field. him," the New Zealand quick pace to his bowling, Ferguson is Mumbai Indians against Delhi Capitals, one of our better bowlers," said the The dismissal is sure to create a big told reporters on the eve of their hoping to make the most of the said. coach. controversy going into the 12th edition match against Kings XI Punjab. IPL experience, ahead of the "I think he did fantastic for his first Bond also said Salam has the of the IPL. The Punjab outfit has World Cup. match in terms of handling the pres- hunger to learn. Rajasthan were 108 for one in 12.4 explosive Chris Gayle in its "It's high pressure in IPL. It's sure. Pretty much like an internation- Zaheer Khan, who is Mumbai's overs at that stage. ranks but Ferguson said they are one of the biggest competitions al game. I feel he is going to be special Director of Cricket Operations, said Among Indians, it was Kapil Dev prepared to tackle the Jamaican. in the world, playing in front of big crowds, in the next 2-3 years," he said in an Salam is an exciting young prospect who had mankaded Peter Kirsten of "Chris (Gayle) is in some pretty fine touch against the best players in the world. Of course interview with MITV. who has great temperament. South Africa during the 1992-93 series at the moment. He really batted well last night. all these experiences you're gaining, playing in Salam started off with a no-ball "Even Rohit Sharma is impressed and in Indian domestic cricket It's nice to watch him. Perhaps there are some the IPL is going to help you going forward. against Delhi Captains but responded with Rasikh. He was thinking of giv- Railways' spinner Murali Karthik had areas we can look at attacking him," he said of “Obviously there's a big World Cup in a few with a brave bouncer on the free-hit ing him an opportunity as early in the mankaded Sandipan Das of Bengal Gayle who starred with a 47-ball 79 to fashion months but at this stage, I'm focusing on KKR that was pulled towards deep midwick- season as possible, so exciting times during a Ranji Trophy match. Kings XI Punjab's 14-run win against Rajasthan and trying to assist them, get some more wins.” et straight into the palms of a fielder. Yuvraj Singh speaks during a press conference ahead," said Zaheer. the pioneer LUCKNOW | WEDNESDAY | MARCH 27, 2019 16